RNA synthetic biology

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 545-554

  Isaacs, Farren J ^a   Dwyer, Daniel J ^b,c   Collins, James J ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PROTEINS; RNA; SENSORS;

BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; BIOLOGICAL NETWORKS; MAMMALIAN SYSTEMS; PROGRAMMABLE CELLULAR BEHAVIOR;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

NUCLEIC ACID; PROTEIN; RNA;

BACTERIUM; CELL FUNCTION; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; IN VIVO STUDY; MAMMAL; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RNA SYNTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YEAST;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIGANDS; MODELS, GENETIC; RNA; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, MESSENGER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA;

EID: 33646582649     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt1208     Document Type: Review

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