Building the blueprint of life

Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 695-704

  Henry, Christopher S ^a,b   Overbeek, Ross ^c   Stevens, Rick L ^a,b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Fellowship for Interpretation of Genomes   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Escherichia coli; Minimal organism; Mycoplasma genitalium; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLISM;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; COMPARATIVE GENOMICS; COMPLEX MEDIA; DATA SETS; GENE SETS; LIVING CELL; METABOLIC MODELING; METABOLIC MODELS; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

GENES;

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID; LIPID; NUCLEOSIDE; NUCLEOTIDE; SYNTHETIC DNA; TRANSFER RNA; VITAMIN; BACTERIAL DNA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL WALL; CHROMOSOME DELETION; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE SYNTHESIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; GENOMICS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MINIMAL ORGANISM; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SYNTHESIS; TRANSPOSON; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PROCEDURES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM;

COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, ESSENTIAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM;

EID: 77954694190     PISSN: 18606768     EISSN: 18607314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biot.201000076     Document Type: Review

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