Refinement and standardization of synthetic biological parts and devices

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 787-793

  Canton, Barry ^a   Labno, Anna ^b,c   Endy, Drew ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; HEALTH RISKS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; LABELING; LABELS; STANDARDS;

BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERS; BIOLOGICAL OBJECTS; BIOLOGICAL PARTS; CELL-CELL COMMUNICATIONS; COMPONENT SYSTEMS; ENGINEERED DEVICES; HALLMARK (CO); LIVING SYSTEMS; MODERN TECHNOLOGIES;

STANDARDIZATION;

BIOENGINEERING; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL COMMUNICATION; CYTOLOGY; DEVICE; DNA SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW;

BIOMIMETICS; CELL PHYSIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 46949091517     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt1413     Document Type: Review

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