A review on design-build-test-learn cycle to potentiate progress in isoprenoid engineering of photosynthetic

Xiangyu Li1, Chengxiang Lan2, Xinyi Li2

  • 1Guangdong Technology Research Center for Marine Algal Bioengineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Epigenetics, Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Marine Algal Biotechnology, Longhua Innovation Institute for Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China; College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China.

Bioresource Technology
|September 21, 2022
PubMed

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