An automated Design-Build-Test-Learn pipeline for enhanced microbial production of fine chemicals

Communications Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Carbonell, Pablo ^a   Jervis, Adrian J ^a   Robinson, Christopher J ^a   Yan, Cunyu ^a   Dunstan, Mark ^a   Swainston, Neil ^a   Vinaixa, Maria ^a   Hollywood, Katherine A ^a   Currin, Andrew ^a   Rattray, Nicholas J W ^a   Taylor, Sandra ^a   Spiess, Reynard ^a   Sung, Rehana ^a   Williams, Alan R ^a   Fellows, Donal ^a   Stanford, Natalie J ^a   Mulherin, Paul ^a   Le Feuvre, Rosalind ^a   Barran, Perdita ^a   Goodacre, Royston ^a   Turner, Nicholas J ^a   Goble, Carole ^a   Chen, George Guoqiang ^a,b   Kell, Douglas B ^a   Micklefield, Jason ^a   Breitling, Rainer ^a   Takano, Eriko ^a   Faulon, Jean Loup ^a,c   Scrutton, Nigel S ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

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EID: 85059806983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23993642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s42003-018-0076-9     Document Type: Article

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