A Glucose-Sensing Toggle Switch for Autonomous, High Productivity Genetic Control

ACS Synthetic Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1296-1304

  Bothfeld, William ^a   Kapov, Grace ^a   Tyo, Keith E J ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

genetic toggle switch; glucose sensing; metabolic engineering; PHB production

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; POLYHYDROXYBUTYRATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENETIC REGULATION; GROWTH CURVE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; GLUCOSE; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

EID: 85025134872     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21615063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.6b00257     Document Type: Article

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