Ensuring the security of synthetic biology-towards a 5p governance strategy

Systems and Synthetic Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-90

  Kelle, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5P strategy; Security; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350370218     PISSN: 18725325     EISSN: 18725333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11693-009-9041-8     Document Type: Article

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