Engineering microorganisms based on molecular evolutionary analysis: A succinate production case study

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 913-920

  Ma, Xianghui ^a,b   Zhang, Xinbo ^c,d   Wang, Baiyun ^a,b   Mao, Yufeng ^a,b   Wang, Zhiwen ^a,b   Chen, Tao ^a,b   Zhao, Xueming ^a,b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering   (China)

^c TIANJIN CHENGJIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Tianjin Key Laboratory of Aquatic Science and Technology   (China)

Author keywords

Metabolic engineering; Molecular evolution; Succinate; Synonymous substitution; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908069976     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eva.12186     Document Type: Article

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