Synthetic biology: Tools to design microbes for the production of chemicals and fuels

Biotechnology Advances

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 811-817

  Seo, Sang Woo ^a   Yang, Jina ^a   Min, Byung Eun ^a   Jang, Sungho ^a   Lim, Jae Hyung ^a   Lim, Hyun Gyu ^a   Kim, Seong Cheol ^a   Kim, Se Yeon ^a   Jeong, Jun Hong ^a   Jung, Gyoo Yeol ^a  

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

Author keywords

Biochemical; Biofuel; Expression control; Metabolic engineering; Microbial cell factory; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL; DESIGN TOOL; EXPRESSION CONTROLS; MICROBIAL CELL FACTORIES; MULTIPLE LEVELS; POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; PROGRAMMABLE CONTROLS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

BIOFUELS; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; DESIGN; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; TOOLS;

SYNTHETIC FUELS;

BIOFUEL; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

BIOFUEL;

BIOCHEMICAL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; EXPRESSION CONTROL; FERMENTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL CELL FACTORY; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW; STATISTICS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

BIOCHEMICAL; BIOFUEL; EXPRESSION CONTROL; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MICROBIAL CELL FACTORY; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

BIOFUELS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FERMENTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 84882633318     PISSN: 07349750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2013.03.012     Document Type: Review

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