Programming gene expression with combinatorial promoters

Molecular Systems Biology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Cox III, Robert Sidney ^a   Surette, Michael G ^b   Elowitz, Michael B ^a,c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Combinatorial promoter; Logic gate; Signal integration; Synthetic biology; Transcription regulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMBINATORIAL LIBRARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; PROMOTER REGION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE LIBRARY; MODELS, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 36249017917     PISSN: 17444292     EISSN: 17444292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/msb4100187     Document Type: Article

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