Model Organisms and Mathematical and Synthetic Models to Explore Gene Regulation Mechanisms

Biological Theory

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 134-142

  Loettgers, Andrea ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

engineered genetic networks; gene regulating mechanism; mathematical models; model organisms; synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954389949     PISSN: 15555542     EISSN: 15555550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/biot.2007.2.2.134     Document Type: Article

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