Harnessing nature's toolbox: Regulatory elements for synthetic biology

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2009, Pages

  Boyle, Patrick M ^a   Silver, Pamela A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological regulation; Natural modularity; Standardized tools

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; RNA;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANISMS; BIOLOGICAL REGULATION; COMPLEX BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; METABOLIC FLUX; NATURAL MODULARITY; NUMEROUS SYSTEMS; REGULATORY ELEMENTS; RNA INTERACTION; STANDARDIZED TOOLS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

DNA; PROTEIN; RNA;

BIOENGINEERING; BIOLOGY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE TRANSFER; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC TRANSPORT DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; RNA BINDING; RNA PROCESSING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STANDARDIZATION; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 67650671869     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2008.0521.focus     Document Type: Review

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