A cell-free protein-producing gel

Nature Materials

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 432-437

  Park, Nokyoung ^a   Um, Soong Ho ^a,b   Funabashi, Hisakage ^a   Xu, Jianfeng ^a,c   Luo, Dan ^a  

^a Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; GENES; HYDROGELS; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

FUNCTIONAL PROTEINS; GEL SYSTEMS; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; LIVING CELL; PROTEIN PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY; TOXIC PROTEINS; TURNOVER RATE; VOLUMETRIC YIELD;

PROTEINS;

BIOMATERIAL; BIOPOLYMER; DNA; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CHEMISTRY; HYDROGEL; SYNTHESIS;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOPOLYMERS; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; DNA; HYDROGELS; PROTEINS;

EID: 65349093135     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2419     Document Type: Article

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