title: Grand challenge commentary: Chassis cells for industrial biochemical production.
abstract: Hyper-performing whole-cell catalysts are required for the renewable and sustainable production of petrochemical replacements. Chassis cells—self-replicating minimal machines that can be tailored for the production of specific chemicals—will provide the starting point for designing these hyper-performing 'turbo cells'.
authors.affiliation: Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia. c.vickers@uq.edu.au
authors.forename: Claudia E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Vickers
authors.forename: Lars M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Blank
authors.forename: Jens O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Krömer
mesh_terms: D002244:Carbon / Q000378:metabolism; D002384:Catalysis; D003585:Cell Biology; D002617:Chemical Industry / Q000639:trends*; D006838:Hydrocarbons / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D006838:Hydrocarbons; D002244:Carbon