Novel technologies provide more engineering strategies for amino acid-producing microorganisms

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 2097-2105

  Gu, Pengfei ^a   Su, Tianyuan ^a   Qi, Qingsheng ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Microorganisms; Novel technologies; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS;

ACID PRODUCING MICROORGANISM; AMINO ACID PRODUCTION; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES; METABOLIC MODELING; RATE-LIMITING ENZYMES; STRAIN IMPROVEMENT; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

AMINO ACID;

AMINO ACID; BIOENGINEERING; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; MICROORGANISM; MUTATION; OPTIMIZATION; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

BINDING SITE; BIOSENSOR; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL METABOLISM; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ENZYME ENGINEERING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MICROORGANISM; MUTAGENESIS; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RIBOSWITCH; STRAIN IMPROVEMENT; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; BACTERIUM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

EID: 84958838963     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-7276-8     Document Type: Review

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