Evolution of gene knockout strains of E. coli reveal regulatory architectures governed by metabolism

The function of metabolic genes in the context of regulatory networks is not well understood. Here, the authors investigate the adaptive responses of E. coli after knockout of metabolic genes and highlight the influence of metabolite levels in the evolution of regulatory function.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Douglas McCloskey, Sibei Xu, Troy E. Sandberg, Elizabeth Brunk, Ying Hefner, Richard Szubin, Adam M. Feist, Bernhard O. Palsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06219-9