Reconstruction of genetic circuits

Nature

Volumn 438, Issue 7067, 2005, Pages 443-448

  Sprinzak, David ^a,b   Elowitz, Michael B ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PROTEINS;

BIOCHEMICAL PERTURBATIONS; BIOLOGICAL COMPONENTS; GENETIC CIRCUITS;

CELLS;

ACETYL COENZYME A; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHEROMONE;

BIOLOGY;

CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSLATION REGULATION; YEAST;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 28544440364     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04335     Document Type: Review

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