The promise of synthetic biology

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 735-739

  Pleiss, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA synthesis; Genetic circuits; Modular design; Protein design

Indexed keywords

DNA SYNTHESIS; GENETIC CIRCUITS; MODULAR DESIGN; PROTEIN DESIGN;

DNA; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

BIOMATERIAL;

BIOLOGY; DESIGN METHOD; DNA; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; TAXONOMY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENOME; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STANDARDIZATION; TECHNOLOGY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMANS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

EID: 33751547318     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-006-0664-3     Document Type: Short Survey

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