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Title: Advancing Metabolic Engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Using the CRISPR/Cas System

Journal Article · · Biotechnology Journal
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  1. Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou (China). College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Key Lab. of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education
  2. Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States). Carl R. Woese Inst. for Genomic Biology, Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
  3. Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States). Carl R. Woese Inst. for Genomic Biology, Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States). Dept. of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Bioengineering

Thanks to its ease of use, modularity, and scalability, the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) system has been increasingly used in the design and engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, one of the most popular hosts for industrial biotechnology. This review summarizes the recent development of this disruptive technology for metabolic engineering applications, including CRISPR-mediated gene knock-out and knock-in as well as transcriptional activation and interference. More importantly, multi-functional CRISPR systems that combine both gain- and loss-of-function modulations for combinatorial metabolic engineering are highlighted.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER); Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou (China)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0018420; SC0018260
OSTI ID:
1436426
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1433560; OSTI ID: 1435935
Journal Information:
Biotechnology Journal, Vol. 13, Issue 9; ISSN 1860-6768
Publisher:
WileyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 36 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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