Synthetic biology: Applications come of age

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 367-379

  Khalil, Ahmad S ^a   Collins, James J ^a,b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARABINOSE; ARTEMISININ; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; ETHIONAMIDE; INVASIN; ISOPRENOID; LACTIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PACLITAXEL; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SALICYLIC ACID; THEOPHYLLINE; TRANSFER RNA; TRINITROTOLUENE;

BIOSENSOR; CANCER GENE THERAPY; CANCER RESEARCH; DRUG DESIGN; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOFUELS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DRUG THERAPY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMANS; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL;

EID: 77951107086     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg2775     Document Type: Review

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