Metabolic Burden: Cornerstones in Synthetic Biology and Metabolic Engineering Applications

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 652-664

  Wu, Gang ^a   Yan, Qiang ^b   Jones, J Andrew ^c   Tang, Yinjie J ^a   Fong, Stephen S ^b   Koffas, Mattheos A G ^c,d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b Virginia Commonwealth University   (United States)

^c RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

13C MFA; chromosomal engineering; genome scale model; machine learning

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLOGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON; CELL ENGINEERING; CELLS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOMES; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST ENGINEERING; COSTS; CYTOLOGY; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; GENES; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; METABOLISM; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SCALES (WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS);

13C-MFA; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; GENOME-SCALE MODEL; MACHINE LEARNING APPROACHES; METABOLIC FLUX ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL PRODUCTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RENEWABLE CHEMICALS;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARBON; CARBON 14;

CELL GROWTH; CELL METABOLISM; CHROMOSOME; ENERGY TRANSFER; GENOME; MACHINE LEARNING; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC FLUX ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOREACTOR; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; METABOLISM; METABOLOME; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOREACTORS; CARBON; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC FLUX ANALYSIS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METABOLOME; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84961223765     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: 18793096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2016.02.010     Document Type: Review

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