Challenges and advances for genetic engineering of non-model bacteria and uses in consolidated bioprocessing

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue OCT, 2017, Pages

  Yan, Qiang ^a   Fong, Stephen S ^a,b  

^a Virginia Commonwealth University   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consolidated bioprocessing; CRISPR Cas9; Genome scale metabolic models; Homologous recombination; Non model organism; Promoter; Shuttle vector

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; OMICS; PROMOTER REGION; SHUTTLE VECTOR; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 85032268527     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02060     Document Type: Review

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