Holistic bioengineering: Rewiring central metabolism for enhanced bioproduction

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 474, Issue 23, 2017, Pages 3935-3950

  Aslan, Selcuk ^a   Noor, Elad ^b   Bar Even, Arren ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOGLUCONATE DEHYDROGENASE; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

BIOENGINEERING; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GLYCOLYSIS; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; HUMAN; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; HUMANS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NADP;

EID: 85035311783     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BCJ20170377     Document Type: Review

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