Combinatorial metabolic engineering using an orthogonal tri-functional CRISPR system

Nature Communications

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Lian, Jiazhang ^a,b   Hamedirad, Mohammad ^a   Hu, Sumeng ^a   Zhao, Huimin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXY 3 METHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A; ACETYL COENZYME A; ADE2 PROTEIN; BETA CAROTENE; CELLULASE; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT PROTEIN; ERG9 PROTEIN; GLUCAN SYNTHASE; GUIDE RNA; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP B1 PROTEIN; NUCLEASE; PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; ROX1 PROTEIN; SQUALENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN;

BIOENGINEERING; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; ENZYME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLISM; PIGMENT; YEAST;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; GENE DELETION; GENE EDITING; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECRETION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; RNA INTERFERENCE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BETA CAROTENE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULASE; CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; GENE DELETION; GENES, FUNGAL; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 85034816286     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01695-x     Document Type: Article

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