Dynamic metabolic control: towards precision engineering of metabolism

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2018, Pages 535-543

  Liu, Di ^a   Mannan, Ahmad A ^b   Han, Yichao ^a   Oyarzún, Diego A ^b   Zhang, Fuzhong ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biosensors; Dynamic metabolic control; Genetic circuits; Model based design; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPROCESS; HOST CIRCUIT INTERACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC REGULATION; METABOLITE; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; FERMENTATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; FERMENTATION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 85041106641     PISSN: 13675435     EISSN: 14765535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10295-018-2013-9     Document Type: Article

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