Synthetic Metabolism: Engineering Biology at the Protein and Pathway Scales

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 277-286

  Martin, Collin H ^a,b   Nielsen, David R ^a   Solomon, Kevin V ^a,b   Prather, Kristala L Jones ^a,b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

CHEMBIO; PROTEINS; SIGNALING

Indexed keywords

BIOCATALYSIS; BIOLOGY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; REVIEW;

BIOCATALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

EID: 62649122977     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2009.01.010     Document Type: Review

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