Rational design of efficient modular cells

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue , 2015, Pages 220-231

  Trinh, Cong T ^a,b,c,d,e   Liu, Yan ^a   Conner, David J ^a  

^a Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering ^*  (United States)

^b UTK ORNL Joint Institute of Biological Science   (United States)

^c Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^e OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohols; Elementary mode analysis; Esters; Minimal metabolic functionality; MODCELL; Modular cell

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL GROWTH; CELLS; DESIGN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTERS; ETHANOL; GROWTH KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULES; PROPANOL; SUGARS;

COMBINATORIAL BIOSYNTHESIS; ELEMENTARY MODE ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI CELLS; METABOLIC PATHWAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL CELL FACTORIES; MINIMAL METABOLIC FUNCTIONALITY; MODCELL; MODULAR CELLS;

CYTOLOGY;

2 PROPANOL; ALCOHOL; ARABINOSE; BUTANOL; BUTYRIC ACID BUTYL ESTER; BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BUTYRIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; BUTYRIC ACID ISOBUTYL ESTER; BUTYRIC ACID ISOPROPYL ESTER; BUTYRIC ACID PROPYL ESTER; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; ISOBUTANOL; MANNOSE; PROPANOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLOSE; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; CARBOHYDRATE; ESTER;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ALGORITHM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CELL METABOLISM; CELLS BY ORGANISM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MODULAR CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELLS; GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ALCOHOLS; ALGORITHMS; ANAEROBIOSIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATES; CELLS; ESTERS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84948129387     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2015.10.005     Document Type: Article

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