Title |
An integrated biotechnology platform for developing sustainable chemical processes
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Published in |
Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology, March 2015
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DOI | 10.1007/s10295-014-1541-1 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Nelson R Barton, Anthony P Burgard, Mark J Burk, Jason S Crater, Robin E Osterhout, Priti Pharkya, Brian A Steer, Jun Sun, John D Trawick, Stephen J Van Dien, Tae Hoon Yang, Harry Yim |
Abstract |
Genomatica has established an integrated computational/experimental metabolic engineering platform to design, create, and optimize novel high performance organisms and bioprocesses. Here we present our platform and its use to develop E. coli strains for production of the industrial chemical 1,4-butanediol (BDO) from sugars. A series of examples are given to demonstrate how a rational approach to strain engineering, including carefully designed diagnostic experiments, provided critical insights about pathway bottlenecks, byproducts, expression balancing, and commercial robustness, leading to a superior BDO production strain and process. |
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United Kingdom | 2 | 1% |
Australia | 2 | 1% |
Sweden | 1 | <1% |
United States | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 163 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Researcher | 33 | 20% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 30 | 18% |
Student > Master | 20 | 12% |
Student > Bachelor | 16 | 9% |
Other | 10 | 6% |
Other | 23 | 14% |
Unknown | 37 | 22% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 40 | 24% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 39 | 23% |
Chemical Engineering | 19 | 11% |
Engineering | 9 | 5% |
Chemistry | 5 | 3% |
Other | 14 | 8% |
Unknown | 43 | 25% |