Practical application of synthetic biology principles

Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1406-1419

  Marner II, Wesley D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Biotechnology; Metabolic engineering; Protein engineering; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH; BULK CHEMICALS; CHEMICAL BIOLOGY; GENOMICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; REPURPOSING; SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINE; STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOFUELS; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; ENGINEERING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM;

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

ALCOHOL; ALKALOID; ALKANE; AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; AMINOACYL TRANSFER RNA; APTAMER; ARTEMISININ; BIOFUEL; BUTANE; BUTANOL; FARNESYL DIPHOSPHATE; HYDROCARBON; ISOPRENOID; LIGNOCELLULOSE; MAGNOFLORINE; MEVALONIC ACID; RIBOZYME; SCOULERINE; SILICON DIOXIDE; TERPENOID; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOPROCESS; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; EXPERIMENTAL HOST; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SYNTHESIS; INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STOP CODON; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENOMICS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 70449591304     PISSN: 18606768     EISSN: 18607314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biot.200900167     Document Type: Review

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