Biomimetic chemistry and synthetic biology: A two-way traffic across the borders

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Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Bensaude Vincent, Bernadette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

Author keywords

Nature versus artifact; Reductionism; Self assembly; Synthetic biology; Vitalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350130616     PISSN: 14335158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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