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Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for the production of riboflavin.
Microbial cell factories - 16 Jul 2014
Lin Zhenquan, Xu Zhibo, Li Yifan, Wang Zhiwen, Chen Tao, Zhao Xueming
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Riboflavin (vitamin B2), the precursor of the flavin cofactors flavin mononucleotide (FMN) and flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD), is used commercially as an animal feed supplement and food colorant. E. coli is a robust host for various genetic manipulations and has been employed for efficient production of biofuels, polymers, amino acids, and bulk chemicals. Thus, the aim of this study was to...
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