Engineering plant metabolism into microbes: From systems biology to synthetic biology

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 291-299

  Xu, Peng ^a,b   Bhan, Namita ^a,b   Koffas, Mattheos A G ^a,b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; EFFICIENT PRODUCTION; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; GENOME-SCALE METABOLIC NETWORK; OPTIMIZATION STRATEGY; SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; SYNTHETIC PATHWAYS;

BACTERIA; FUEL ECONOMY; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; MOLECULES; OPTIMIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOFUEL; CELLULOSOME; HYPERICIN; MINIHEMICELLULOSOME; NATURAL PRODUCT; PICROSIDE; PROSTRATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; CELL METABOLISM; CODON USAGE; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA LIBRARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GANODERMA LUCIDUM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; NONHUMAN; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; PLANT GENOME; PLANT METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANTS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 84874978130     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2012.08.010     Document Type: Review

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