Precise metabolic engineering of carotenoid biosynthesis in Escherichia coli towards a low-cost biosensor

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue , 2015, Pages 171-180

  Watstein, Daniel M ^a   McNerney, Monica P ^a   Styczynski, Mark P ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosensor; Carotenoid pathway; Micronutrients; Pathway regulation; Precision engineering; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSENSORS; BLOOD; COST ENGINEERING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLISM; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PIGMENTS; PRECISION ENGINEERING; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

CAROTENOID BIOSYNTHESIS; CAROTENOID PATHWAY; MICRONUTRIENTS; PATHWAY REGULATION; POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TRANSLATIONAL REGULATION; VISIBLE COLOR CHANGES;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; LYCOPENE; PIGMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIOLACEIN; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSENSOR; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; COLOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DOSAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ECONOMICS; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CAROTENOIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

EID: 84939436497     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2015.06.007     Document Type: Article

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