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Bo Xu1, Li-Hua Liu2,3, Shijing Lai2

  • 1School of Basic Medical Sciences, Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xianning, 437100, P. R. China.

Small methods
|February 28, 2024
PubMed
概括

研究人员设计了大肠杆菌以有效地使用D-素作为唯一的碳来源. 鉴定出基因突变可以增强糖代谢,为更健康的糖替代品铺平道路.

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