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ReviewSynthetic and systems biotechnology2018

Expanding beyond canonical metabolism: Interfacing alternative elements, synthetic biology, and metabolic engineering.

Kevin B Reed, Hal S Alper

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Review in Synthetic and systems biotechnology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Natural and Synthetic Metabolic Architectures.Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 2026
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  7. Metabolic pathway engineering.Synthetic and systems biotechnology · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Kevin B ReedMcKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 200E Dean Keeton St. Stop C0400, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
Hal S AlperMcKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 200E Dean Keeton St. Stop C0400, Austin, TX 78712, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metabolic engineering offers an exquisite capacity to produce new molecules in a renewable manner. However, most industrial applications have focused on only a small subset of elements from the periodic table, centered around carbon biochemistry. This review aims to illustrate the expanse of chemical elements that can currently (and potentially) be integrated into useful products using cellular systems. Specifically, we describe recent advances in expanding the cellular scope to include the halogens, selenium and the metalloids, and a variety of metal incorporations. These examples range from small molecules, heteroatom-linked uncommon elements, and natural products to biomining and nanotechnology applications. Collectively, this review covers the promise of an expanded range of elemental incorporations and the future impacts it may have on biotechnology.

Indexed as

Cellular factoriesHalogenationMetabolic engineeringNon-canonical elementsSynthetic biologyUnnatural metabolism

Identifiers

PMID29911196
PMCPMC5884228

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