Avances en las aplicaciones de evolución adaptativa de laboratorio para Escherichia coli

Weixiang Peng1, Xi Zhang1, Qingsheng Qi1

  • 1State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Taishan college, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, PR China.

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Resumen

Adaptive Laboratory Evolution (ALE) utiliza el cultivo controlado para generar mutaciones beneficiosas en microbios como Escherichia coli (E. coli). Esta herramienta de biología sintética mejora la comprensión de los vínculos genotipo-fenotipo y la adaptación microbiana.

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