Engineering a riboswitch-based genetic platform for the self-directed evolution of acid-Tolerant phenotypes

Nature Communications

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Pham, Hoang Long ^a,b   Wong, Adison ^a,b,c   Chua, Niying ^a,b   Teo, Wei Suong ^a,b,d   Yew, Wen Shan ^a,b   Chang, Matthew Wook ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^d DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID;

BIOREMEDIATION; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PH; PHENOTYPE;

ACID TOLERANCE; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOSENSOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HOST CELL; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHENOTYPE; QUORUM SENSING; RECORDING; RIBOSWITCH; SELF DIRECTED EVOLUTION; WILD TYPE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MUTATION; PROCEDURES;

ACIDS; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOTYPE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RIBOSWITCH;

EID: 85028753691     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00511-w     Document Type: Article

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