Pathway Analysis and Optimization in Metabolic Engineering

Klappentext Introduces researchers and advanced students in biology and engineering to methods of optimizing biochemical systems of biotechnological relevance. Zusammenfassung This book! first published in 2002! introduces methods of optimizing biochemical systems of biotechnological relevance. It examines the development of strategies for manipulating metabolic pathways and discusses the design and analysis of systems models. All concepts are derived from first principles and the well-illustrated text is accompanied by two detailed case studies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Target: a useful model; 2. Methods of biochemical systems theory; 3. A model of citric acid production in the mold Aspergillus niger; 4. Optimization methods; 5. Optimization of biochemical systems; 6. Optimization of citric acid production in Aspergillus niger; 7. Maximization of ethanol and carbohydrate production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae; 8. Conclusions; Author index; Subject index.

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• Authors: N. Stor V. Torres, N¿or V. Torres, Nestor V. Torres, Néstor V. Torres, Nestor V. Voit Torres, Eberhard O. Voit, Voit Eberhard O.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.04.2011
• EAN: 9780521177481
• ISBN: 978-0-521-17748-1
• No. of pages: 324
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Miscellaneous; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Molecular Biology, biochemistry, biotechnology, Biomedical engineering, 3D graphics & modelling