Metabolic engineering of a reduced-genome strain of <it>Escherichia coli </it>for L-threonine production

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Deletion of large blocks of nonessential genes that are not needed for metabolic pathways of interest can reduce the production of unwanted by-products, increase genome stability, and streamline metabolism without physiological compr...

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Main Authors: Yoon Byoung, Blattner Frederick R, Kim Mi, Sung Bong, Lee Jun, Kim Jung, Kim Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-01-01
Series:Microbial Cell Factories
Online Access:http://www.microbialcellfactories.com/content/8/1/2