System-level perturbations of cell metabolism using CRISPR/Cas9

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 46, Issue , 2017, Pages 134-140

  Jakočiūnas, Tadas ^a   Jensen, Michael K ^a   Keasling, Jay D ^a,b,c,d  

^a Chalmers University of Technology   (Denmark)

^b JOINT BIOENERGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d University of California at Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; COST ENGINEERING; GENES; METABOLISM;

CELL METABOLISM; COST EFFECTIVE; GENOME ENGINEERING; PALINDROMIC; SYSTEM LEVELS; SYSTEMS LEVELS; TEST MODELING; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

CRISPR ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; CRISPR ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL METABOLISM; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME; PROCEDURES; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 85016416431     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2017.03.014     Document Type: Review

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