Combinatorial genetic perturbation to refine metabolic circuits for producing biofuels and biochemicals

Biotechnology Advances

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 976-985

  Kim, Hyo Jin ^a   Turner, Timothy Lee ^a   Jin, Yong Su ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochemical; Biofuel; Combinatorial library; Inverse metabolic engineering; Metabolic circuit

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL; BIOFUELS AND BIOCHEMICALS; COMBINATORIAL APPROACH; COMBINATORIAL LIBRARY; EFFECTIVE TOOL; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING; INVERSE METABOLIC ENGINEERING; STRAIN IMPROVEMENT;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; TOOLS;

BIOFUELS;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOFUEL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PHENOTYPE;

BIOFUEL;

BIOCHEMICAL; COMBINATORIAL LIBRARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; HUMAN; INVERSE METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC CIRCUIT; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BIOCHEMICAL; BIOFUEL; COMBINATORIAL LIBRARY; INVERSE METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC CIRCUIT;

BIOFUELS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC THERAPY; HUMANS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84882637876     PISSN: 07349750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2013.03.010     Document Type: Review

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