Computational design of Auxotrophy-dependent microbial biosensors for combinatorial metabolic engineering experiments

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Tepper, Naama ^a   Shlomi, Tomer ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSENSOR; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; SYNTHESIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; BACTERIUM; BIOENGINEERING; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; GENETIC PROCEDURES; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNET; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; BIOENGINEERING; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; INTERNET;

EID: 79251610629     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016274     Document Type: Article

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