Abstract
Evolutionary engineering is an inverse metabolic engineering strategy which is based on increasing genetic diversity and screening large populations for desired phenotypes. This strategy is highly advantageous in certain situations over rational metabolic engineering approaches, since there is little or no requirement of detailed genetic background information for the trait of interest. Here, we describe the experimental methodology for selecting stress-resistant yeast strains via evolutionary engineering approach by either serial batch or chemostat cultivations.
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We thank TÜBİTAK (project no: 109 T638, 105 T314), COST (Action no: CM0902), and ITU Research Funds (project no: 33237, 34200) for financial support of our evolutionary engineering research.
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Alkım, C., Turanlı-Yıldız, B., Çakar, Z.P. (2014). Evolutionary Engineering of Yeast. In: Mapelli, V. (eds) Yeast Metabolic Engineering. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1152. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0563-8_10
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