Systems metabolic engineering of microorganisms to achieve large-scale production of flavonoid scaffolds

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 188, Issue , 2014, Pages 72-80

  Wu, Junjun ^a,b   Du, Guocheng ^a   Zhou, Jingwen ^a,b   Chen, Jian ^a  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Synergetic Innovation Center of Food Safety and Nutrition   (China)

Author keywords

Flavonoid scaffolds; Industrial scale; Microorganism; Production; Systems metabolic engineering

Indexed keywords

PRODUCTION;

FLAVONOID; INDUSTRIAL SCALE; LARGE-SCALE PRODUCTION; SYSTEMS METABOLIC ENGINEERINGS;

MICROORGANISMS;

FLAVONOID; NARINGENIN; PINOCEMBRINE;

BINDING SITE; ENVIRONMENT; FERMENTATION; GENOME; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISM; MODEL; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PRECURSOR; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; SYNTHESIS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

FLAVONOIDS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

EID: 84908067003     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: 18734863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2014.08.016     Document Type: Review

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