Foundations for engineering biology

Nature

Volumn 438, Issue 7067, 2005, Pages 449-453

  Endy, Drew ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; FOOD PRODUCTS; HEALTH CARE;

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; PROCESS CHEMICALS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

DNA FRAGMENT;

BIOLOGY;

BIOENGINEERING; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD; GENE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOMICS; HEALTH; LEADERSHIP; MACHINE; METHODOLOGY; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 28544451327     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04342     Document Type: Review

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