A synthetic gene-metabolic oscillator

Nature

Volumn 435, Issue 7038, 2005, Pages 118-122

  Fung, Eileen ^a   Wong, Wilson W ^a   Suen, Jason K ^a   Bulter, Thomas ^a   Lee, Sun Gu ^a   Liao, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); CARDIOLOGY; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; NEUROLOGY;

GENE EXPRESSION; GENE-METABOLIC OSCILLATORS; GLYCOLYTIC RATE; METABOLIC INTEGRATION;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ACETYL PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATE; SYNTHETIC DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE;

MEDICINE;

ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; DYNAMICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOLYSIS; METABOLIC REGULATION; METABOLISM; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OSCILLATION; OSCILLATOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; KINETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLUCOSE; GLYCOLYSIS; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 18344381476     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03508     Document Type: Article

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