A computational analysis of stoichiometric constraints and trade-offs in cyanobacterial biofuel production

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue APR, 2015, Pages

  Knoop, Henning ^a   Steuer, Ralf ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Flux balance analysis; Metabolic modeling; Microbial cell factories; Photosynthesis; Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949803685     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22964185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2015.00047     Document Type: Article

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