The present invention is a method for controlling biopolymer synthesis by determining the genetics and enzymology of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) biosynthesis at the molecular level. The purified enzymes and genes provide the means for developing new PHB-like bicpolymers having polyester backbones. Specific...http://www.google.fr/patents/US5512669?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US5512669 - Gene encoding bacterial acetoacetyl-COA reductase