A sense of balance: Experimental investigation and modeling of a malonyl-CoA sensor in Escherichia coli

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue APR, 2015, Pages

  Fehér, Tamás ^a,b   Libis, Vincent ^a,c   Carbonell, Pablo ^a,d,e   Faulon, Jean Loup ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D EVRY VAL D ESSONNE   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic pathway regulation; Fluorescent reporter circuit; High throughput screening; Malonyl CoA; Sensor actuator circuit; Synthetic regulatory circuit

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032942314     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22964185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2015.00046     Document Type: Article

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