Synthetic RNA devices to expedite the evolution of metabolite-producing microbes

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Yang, Jina ^a   Seo, Sang Woo ^a   Jang, Sungho ^a   Shin, So I ^a   Lim, Chae Hyun ^a   Roh, Tae Young ^a   Jung, Gyoo Yeol ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYSINE; TRYPTOPHAN; RNA;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; METABOLITE; MICROORGANISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GENERAL MEDICAL DEVICE; METABOLITE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIBOSWITCH; SENSOR; STRAIN IMPROVEMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; METABOLISM; METABOLOME; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LYSINE; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METABOLOME; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA; TRYPTOPHAN;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879164975     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2404     Document Type: Article

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