Computational methods in metabolic engineering for strain design

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 34, Issue , 2015, Pages 135-141

  Long, Matthew R ^a   Ong, Wai Kit ^a,b   Reed, Jennifer L ^a,b  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BROAD SPECIFICITIES; CHEMICAL PRODUCTION; COMPUTATIONAL EFFORT; COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS; GENETIC MODIFICATIONS; HIGH PRODUCTIVITY; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; RUN-TIME PERFORMANCE;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

DNA; MICROBIAL ENZYME;

ALGORITHM; DNA MODIFICATION; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC STRAIN; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; COMPUTER; KINETICS; METABOLISM;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTERS; GENE DELETION; KINETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS;

EID: 84920937371     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2014.12.019     Document Type: Review

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