Diversity-based, model-guided construction of synthetic gene networks with predicted functions

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 465-471

  Ellis, Tom ^a   Wang, Xiao ^a   Collins, James J ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL GENE NETWORKS; FEEDFORWARD LOOPS; GENE NETWORKS; IN-SILICO; INPUT-OUTPUT CHARACTERISTICS; MODULAR COMPONENTS; PLUG-AND-PLAY; PREDICTABLE FUNCTIONS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; SYNTHETIC GENE NETWORK;

LIBRARIES; RETROFITTING;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

SYNTHETIC DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; FLOCCULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FLOCCULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MODELS, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 66149172363     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt.1536     Document Type: Article

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