Assessing glycolytic flux alterations resulting from genetic perturbations in E. coli using a biosensor

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue , 2017, Pages 194-202

  Lehning, Christina E ^a   Siedler, Solvej ^a   Ellabaan, Mostafa M H ^a   Sommer, Morten O A ^a  

^a Chalmers University of Technology   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biosensor; Cra; Escherichia coli; Genome wide screening; Glycolytic flux; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSORS; BIOSYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CARBON; GENES;

DIFFERENT CARBON SOURCES; FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GLYCOLYTIC FLUX; ITS APPLICATIONS; KNOCKOUT MUTANT; METABOLIC MODELS; MUTANT LIBRARIES; PRODUCTION STRAIN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

MEVALONIC ACID; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; PPSA PROTEIN, E COLI; PYRUVATE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSENSOR; CARBON SOURCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LIBRARY; GLYCOLYSIS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PPSA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; GENE KNOCKDOWN; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GLYCOLYSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PYRUVATE SYNTHASE;

EID: 85024100516     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2017.07.002     Document Type: Article

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