A functional metagenomic approach for expanding the synthetic biology toolbox for biomass conversion

Molecular Systems Biology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Sommer, Morten Oa ^a   Church, George M ^a   Dantas, Gautam ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Biomass inhibitor tolerance; Functional metagenomics; Strain engineering; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

2 FUROIC ACID; ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; BIOFUEL; SYRINGALDEHYDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2-FUROIC ACID; BENZALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; FURAN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOENGINEERING; BIOLOGY; BIOMASS; BIOMASS CONVERSION; CELL CULTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOSMID; GENE CONSTRUCT; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOME; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BENZALDEHYDES; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FURANS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VECTORS; KINETICS; METAGENOMICS; PHENOTYPE; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 77951134703     PISSN: 17444292     EISSN: 17444292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/msb.2010.16     Document Type: Article

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