Synthetic metabolism: metabolic engineering meets enzyme design

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 37, Issue , 2017, Pages 56-62

  Erb, Tobias J ^a   Jones, Patrik R ^b   Bar Even, Arren ^c  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENZYME ENGINEERING; ENZYME MECHANISM; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; GENETICS; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

ENZYME;

ENZYMES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

EID: 85010908796     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: 18790402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2016.12.023     Document Type: Review

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