Combinatorial approaches for inverse metabolic engineering applications

Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages e201210021-

  Skretas, Georgios ^a   Kolisis, Fragiskos N ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Genetic Engineering; Genetic Screening; Inverse Metabolic Engineering; Microbes; Mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902181907     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20010370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5936/csbj.201210021     Document Type: Review

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