Computationally optimised DNA assembly of synthetic genes

International Journal of Bioinformatics Research and Applications

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 324-336

  Larsen, Liza S Z ^a   Wassman, Christopher D ^b   Hatfield, G Wesley ^c   Lathrop, Richard H ^b  

^a CODA Genomics Inc ^*  (United States)

^b Irvine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; CODA; Computational biology; Computationally optimised DNA assembly; DNA self assembly; Gene synthesis; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN TY3 INTEGRASE; SYNTHETIC DNA;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CODON USAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SCREENING; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 47749113643     PISSN: 17445485     EISSN: 17445493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBRA.2008.019578     Document Type: Article

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