Synthetic biology for synthetic chemistry

ACS Chemical Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 64-76

  Keasling, Jay D ^a,b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

All or none induction or expression; Artemisinin; CAD; Internal ribosome entry sequence (IRES); Metabolic burden; Metabolic engineering; Operon; Synthetic biology; Tunable intergenic region (TIGR)

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISINIC ACID; ARTEMISININ; BACTERIAL DNA; MALARIA VACCINE; MESSENGER RNA; MEVALONIC ACID; RNA POLYMERASE; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL METABOLISM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; INTERNAL RIBOSOME ENTRY SITE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 38749148516     PISSN: 15548929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cb7002434     Document Type: Review

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