Metabolic Engineering <i>Escherichia coli</i> for the Production of Lycopene

Lycopene, a potent antioxidant, has been widely used in the fields of pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, and cosmetics. However, the production of lycopene extracted from natural sources is far from meeting the demand. Consequently, synthetic biology and metabolic engineering have been employed to dev...

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Main Authors: Zhaobao Wang, JingXin Sun, Qun Yang, Jianming Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-07-01
Series:Molecules
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/25/14/3136

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