Synthetic gene networks in mammalian cells

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 690-696

  Weber, Wilfried ^a,b   Fussenegger, Martin ^a,c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT LIMITATION; DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; GENETIC CIRCUITS; MAMMALIAN CELLS; MAMMALIAN SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE ENGINEERING; SPATIO-TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; SYNTHETIC GENE NETWORK; SYNTHETIC GENES; SYNTHETIC NETWORKS;

BIOLOGY;

MAMMALS;

AUXIN; COSMETIC; PHLORETIN; URATE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MOTILITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; ILLUMINATION; MAMMAL CELL; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MAMMALS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77957369335     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2010.07.006     Document Type: Review

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