OptORF: Optimal metabolic and regulatory perturbations for metabolic engineering of microbial strains

BMC Systems Biology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Kim, Joonhoon ^a,b   Reed, Jennifer L ^a,b  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ALCOHOL;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOREACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; BIOENGINEERING; BIOREACTORS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHANOL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; METABOLIC PHENOMENA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77951552860     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17520509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-0509-4-53     Document Type: Article

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