Engineering microbial biofuel tolerance and export using efflux pumps
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Engineering microbial biofuel tolerance and export using efflux pumps
Many compounds being considered as candidates for advanced biofuels are toxic to microorganisms. This introduces an undesirable trade-off when engineering metabolic pathways for biofuel production because the engineered microbes must balance production against survival. Cellular export systems, such as efflux pumps, provide a direct mechanism for reducing biofuel toxicity. To identify novel bio...
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عنوان ژورنال: Molecular Systems Biology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1744-4292,1744-4292
DOI: 10.1038/msb.2011.21