Synthetic biology through biomolecular design and engineering

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 491-498

  Channon, Kevin ^a   Bromley, Elizabeth HC ^a   Woolfson, Derek N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC ENGINEERING AND GENE TECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW;

MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 49549115943     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2008.06.006     Document Type: Review

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