From systems biology to metabolically engineered cells — an omics perspective on the development of industrial microbes

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue , 2018, Pages 180-188

  Becker, Judith ^a   Wittmann, Christoph ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEOME; TRANSCRIPTOME;

BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOPROCESS; DNA MODIFICATION; FLUXOME; GENE EDITING; INDUSTRY; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC FLUX ANALYSIS; METABOLOME; METABOLOMICS; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; OMICS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; BACTERIUM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; TRENDS;

BACTERIA; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 85052059877     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: 18790364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2018.06.001     Document Type: Review

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