Commentary: Synthetic addiction extends the productive life time of engineered Escherichia coli populations

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue JUN, 2018, Pages

  Bena, Chiara Enrico ^a,b   Grob, Alice ^c   Isalan, Mark ^c   Bosia, Carla ^a,b   Ceroni, Francesca ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b Italian Institute for Genomic Medicine (IIGM   (Italy)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioproduction; Metabolic burden; Product addiction; Synthetic biology; Synthetic devices

Indexed keywords

EID: 85048753277     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22964185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2018.00077     Document Type: Note

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