Engineering metabolic pathways in Escherichia coli for constructing a “microbial chassis” for biochemical production

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 245, Issue , 2017, Pages 1362-1368

  Matsumoto, Takuya ^a   Tanaka, Tsutomu ^a   Kondo, Akihiko ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioproduction; Escherichia coli; Metabolic engineering; Microbial chassis; Pathway engineering

Indexed keywords

CHASSIS; CHEMICALS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLISM;

BIO-PRODUCTION; BUILDING BLOCKES; GENETIC TOOLS; METABOLIC PATHWAYS; PATHWAY ENGINEERINGS; TARGET COMPOUND; USEFUL CHEMICALS; VALUE-ADDED CHEMICALS;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

ACETYL COENZYME A; AROMATIC COMPOUND; MALONYL COENZYME A; MEVALONIC ACID; PYRUVIC ACID; SHIKIMIC ACID;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOENGINEERING; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; METABOLISM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ACETYL COENZYME A; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MALONYL COENZYME A; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; SHIKIMIC ACID;

EID: 85019419661     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.05.008     Document Type: Review

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