Dynamic metabolic engineering: New strategies for developing responsive cell factories

Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1360-1369

  Brockman, Irene M ^a   Prather, Kristala L J ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Metabolic engineering; Metabolite sensors; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

CELL ENGINEERING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES; METABOLISM;

DOWN-REGULATION; DYNAMIC REGULATION; FERMENTATION MEDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILES; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; SCREENING TECHNIQUES; SMALL MOLECULES; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

11 CIS RETINAL; APTAMER; DNA; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SYNTHASE; PYRUVATE SYNTHASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RNA; TETRACYCLINE; THEOPHYLLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSENSOR; CELL ASSAY; CELL GROWTH; CONTROL STRATEGY; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME METABOLISM; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC REGULATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR LIBRARY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84940592212     PISSN: 18606768     EISSN: 18607314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biot.201400422     Document Type: Review

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