Designing biological systems

Genes and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 242-254

  Drubin, David A ^a   Way, Jeffrey C ^b   Silver, Pamela A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b EMD SERONO INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological engineering; Genetic engineering; Metabolic engineering; Protein design; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; BIOSENSOR; CELL INTERACTION; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE SWITCHING; GENOME; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STANDARDIZATION;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMANS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33846949751     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1507207     Document Type: Review

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