Biology & Life Sciences

Synthetic Biology: Metabolic Engineering

Published January 30, 2017 Curated Collections

Synthetic Biology is an emerging, trans-disciplinary field at the intersection between many engineering and scientific disciplines such as biology, chemical engineering, chemistry, electrical engineering, and computer science. This section of the Synthetic Biology Collection details papers related to Metabolic Engineering.

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10.1371/journal.pone.0158111

PLOS ONE Bypassing the Pentose Phosphate Pathway: Towards Modular Utilization of Xylose
June 23, 2016 Kulika Chomvong, Stefan Bauer, Daniel I. Benjamin, Xin Li, Daniel K. Nomura, Jamie H. D. Cate
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10.1371/journal.pgen.1005974

PLOS Genetics Genetic Manipulation of Glycogen Allocation Affects Replicative Lifespan in E. coli
April 19, 2016 Alex Boehm, Markus Arnoldini, Tobias Bergmiller, Thomas Röösli, Colette Bigosch, Martin Ackermann
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10.1371/journal.pone.0000456

PLOS ONE High-Yield Hydrogen Production from Starch and Water by a Synthetic Enzymatic Pathway
May 23, 2007 Y.-H. Percival Zhang, Barbara R. Evans, Jonathan R. Mielenz, Robert C. Hopkins, Michael W.W. Adams
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10.1371/journal.pone.0007002

PLOS ONE Design Parameters to Control Synthetic Gene Expression in Escherichia coli
September 14, 2009 Mark Welch, Sridhar Govindarajan, Jon E. Ness, Alan Villalobos, Austin Gurney, Jeremy Minshull, Claes Gustafsson
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10.1371/journal.pone.0004489

PLOS ONE High-Level Production of Amorpha-4,11-Diene, a Precursor of the Antimalarial Agent Artemisinin, in Escherichia coli
February 16, 2009 Hiroko Tsuruta, Christopher J. Paddon, Diana Eng, Jacob R. Lenihan, Tizita Horning, Larry C. Anthony, Rika Regentin, Jay D. Keasling, Neil S. Renninger, Jack D. Newman
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10.1371/journal.pone.0008317

PLOS ONE An Engineered Yeast Efficiently Secreting Penicillin
December 15, 2009 Loknath Gidijala, Jan A. K. W. Kiel, Rutger D. Douma, Reza M. Seifar, Walter M. van Gulik, Roel A. L. Bovenberg, Marten Veenhuis, Ida J. van der Klei
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10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002528

PLOS Computational Biology Fine-Tuning Tomato Agronomic Properties by Computational Genome Redesign
June 7, 2012 Javier Carrera, Asun Fernández del Carmen, Rafael Fernández-Muñoz, Jose Luis Rambla, Clara Pons, Alfonso Jaramillo, Santiago Elena, Antonio Granell
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10.1371/journal.pbio.1001269

PLOS Biology Induction of Biogenic Magnetization and Redox Control by a Component of the Target of Rapamycin Complex 1 Signaling Pathway
February 28, 2012 Keiji Nishida, Pamela Silver
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10.1371/journal.pone.0039720

PLOS ONE Deletion of the Pichia pastoris KU70 Homologue Facilitates Platform Strain Generation for Gene Expression and Synthetic Biology
June 29, 2012 Laura Näätsaari, Beate Mistlberger, Claudia Ruth, Tanja Hajek, Franz Hartner, Anton Glieder
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10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002612

PLOS Computational Biology Rational Engineering of Enzyme Allosteric Regulation through Sequence Evolution Analysis
July 12, 2012 Jae-Seong Yang, Sang Woo Seo, Sungho Jang, Gyoo Yeol Jung, Sanguk Kim
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10.1371/journal.pone.0050470

PLOS ONE Ethylene Synthesis and Regulated Expression of Recombinant Protein in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
November 21, 2012 Fernando Guerrero, Verónica Carbonell, Matteo Cossu, Danilo Correddu, Patrik Jones

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