Metabolic shifts: A fitness perspective for microbial cell factories

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2147-2160

  Goel, Anisha ^a,b,c   Wortel, Meike Tessa ^a,c   Molenaar, Douwe ^a,c   Teusink, Bas ^a,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c KLUYVER CENTRE FOR GENOMICS OF INDUSTRIAL FERMENTATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biotechnology industry; Evolution; Fitness; Metabolic shift; Systems biology; Trade off

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; EVOLUTION; FITNESS; METABOLIC SHIFT; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TRADE-OFF;

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HEALTH; METABOLISM; OPTIMIZATION;

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL LINE; CULTURE MEDIA; FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS;

EID: 84868367714     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-012-1038-9     Document Type: Review

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