Production of chemicals using dynamic control of metabolic fluxes

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 53, Issue , 2018, Pages 12-19

  Xu, Peng ^a  

^a University of Marylandw Baltimore County   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS; COMPETITION; CYTOLOGY; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; METABOLISM; METABOLITES;

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; CHANGING ENVIRONMENT; CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING; COST COMPETITIVENESS; GENETIC INSTABILITY; INDUSTRIAL FERMENTATION; MICROBIAL CELL FACTORIES; TRANSCRIPTIONAL FACTORS;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL GROWTH; CELL METABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; METABOLIC FLUX ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REVIEW; RIBOSWITCH; TRANSLATION REGULATION; PROCEDURES; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

SYNTHETIC DNA;

GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, SYNTHETIC; METABOLIC FLUX ANALYSIS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 85034039076     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2017.10.009     Document Type: Review

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