Into new territory: Improved microbial synthesis through engineering of the essential metabolic network

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2016, Pages 106-111

  Lynch, Michael D ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; METABOLISM;

BULK CHEMICALS; CELLULAR FUNCTION; COMPLEX METABOLIC NETWORKS; METABOLIC CONTROL; METABOLIC NETWORK; MICROBIAL SYNTHESIS; RENEWABLE FEEDSTOCKS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

BIOFUEL; ENZYME;

BIOPROCESS; CELL FUNCTION; GENE DELETION; HOST CELL; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC REGULATION; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

BIOFUELS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84957797993     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2016.01.009     Document Type: Review

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