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Douglas J. Pitera

Amyris (United States)

10

Works

6,013

Citations

9

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9

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Research Topics

Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction

Affiliations

Amyris (United States)2012–2020

University of California, Berkeley2003–2008

Top Works

High-level semi-synthetic production of the potent antimalarial artemisinin

Christopher J. Paddon,Patrick J. Westfall,et al.

20132,037 citations

Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects

Malaria Research and Control

Engineering a mevalonate pathway in Escherichia coli for production of terpenoids

Vincent J. J. Martin,Douglas J. Pitera,et al.

20031,733 citations

Production of amorphadiene in yeast, and its conversion to dihydroartemisinic acid, precursor to the antimalarial agent artemisinin

Patrick J. Westfall,Douglas J. Pitera,et al.

2012716 citations

Combinatorial engineering of intergenic regions in operons tunes expression of multiple genes

Brian F. Pfleger,Douglas J. Pitera,et al.

2006539 citations

Balancing a heterologous mevalonate pathway for improved isoprenoid production in Escherichia coli

Douglas J. Pitera,Christopher J. Paddon,et al.

2006443 citations

High‐level production of amorpha‐4,11‐diene in a two‐phase partitioning bioreactor of metabolically engineered <i>Escherichia coli</i>

Jack D. Newman,Jessica Marshall,et al.

2006254 citations

Application of Functional Genomics to Pathway Optimization for Increased Isoprenoid Production

Lance Kizer,Douglas J. Pitera,et al.

2008178 citations

Microbial sensors for small molecules: Development of a mevalonate biosensor

Brian F. Pfleger,Douglas J. Pitera,et al.

200688 citations

Clean manufacturing powered by biology: how Amyris has deployed technology and aims to do it better

Paul W. Hill,Kirsten R. Benjamin,et al.

202025 citations