Screening and modular design for metabolic pathway optimization

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 36, Issue , 2015, Pages 189-198

  Boock, Jason T ^a   Gupta, Apoorv ^a   Prather, Kristala L J ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL FUELS; METABOLISM; PRODUCT DESIGN;

BIOLOGICAL CONVERSION; CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT MEASUREMENTS; PARALLEL OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE METRICS; RENEWABLE FEEDSTOCKS; SYNERGISTIC ENHANCEMENT; VALUE ADDED PRODUCTS;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

BUTANOL; CELLOBIOSE;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOSENSOR; COLORIMETRY; ENZYME ASSAY; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FERMENTATION; GLYCOLYSIS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REVIEW; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; YEAST; CELL SURVIVAL; GENETIC PROCEDURES; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CELL SURVIVAL; COLORIMETRY; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS;

EID: 84943574477     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2015.08.013     Document Type: Review

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