Parallel and divergent evolutionary solutions for the optimization of an engineered central metabolism in methylobacterium extorquens am1

Microorganisms

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 152-174

  Carroll, Sean Michael ^a   Chubiz, Lon M ^a,b   Agashe, Deepa ^a,c   Marx, Christopher J ^a,d,e  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioengineering; C1 metabolism; Experimental evolution; Genome sequencing; Methylobacterium; RNA polymerase

Indexed keywords

EID: 84963861908     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20762607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms3020152     Document Type: Article

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