A synchronized quorum of genetic clocks

Nature

Volumn 463, Issue 7279, 2010, Pages 326-330

  Danino, Tal ^a   Mondragón Palomino, Octavio ^a   Tsimring, Lev ^b   Hasty, Jeff ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; OSCILLATING FLOW;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOSENSOR; CELL POPULATION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; FLOW RATE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; OSCILLATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERIODICITY; QUORUM SENSING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 75149191906     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08753     Document Type: Article

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