Metabolic assessment of E. coli as a Biofactory for commercial products

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue , 2016, Pages 64-74

  Zhang, Xiaolin ^a   Tervo, Christopher J ^b   Reed, Jennifer L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Constraint based analysis; Flux balance analysis; Metabolic engineering; Metabolic model; Metabolic network analysis; Path finding

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CHEMICALS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLISM;

CONSTRAINT-BASED ANALYSIS; FLUX BALANCE ANALYSIS; METABOLIC MODELING; METABOLIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; PATH FINDING;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; ISOPENTENYL DIPHOSPHATE; OXALOACETIC ACID; PHENYLALANINE; PYRUVIC ACID; TYROSINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOSYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

EID: 84958233208     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2016.01.007     Document Type: Article

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