Biotechnological domestication of pseudomonads using synthetic biology

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 368-379

  Nikel, Pablo I ^a   Martínez García, Esteban ^a   De Lorenzo, Víctor ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

1 CHLORO 4 NITROBENZENE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; HERBICIDE; NAPHTHALENE; PESTICIDE; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; RECOMBINANT DNA; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; RNA 16S; SALICYLIC ACID; VIRULENCE FACTOR; XYLENE;

BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOCATALYSIS; BIOCATALYST; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DOMESTICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GLYCOLYSIS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; METAGENOMICS; MISMATCH REPAIR; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; RHIZOSPHERE; RNA SEQUENCE; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VECTORS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PSEUDOMONAS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84898874640     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro3253     Document Type: Review

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