Synthetic biology approaches to improve biocatalyst identification in metagenomic library screening

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 52-64

  Guazzaroni, María Eugenia ^a   Silva Rocha, Rafael ^a   Ward, Richard John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOCATALYST; BIOPROSPECTING; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLONING VECTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HOST; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FOLDING; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; CATALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CATALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LIBRARY; METAGENOMICS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84922615973     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.12146     Document Type: Review

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