Evolutionary computation for the design of a stochastic switch for synthetic genetic circuits

2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 768-774

  Hallinan, Jennifer S ^a   Misirli, Goksel ^a   Wipat, Anil ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN TOOLS; COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS; EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATIONS; GENETIC CIRCUITS; REGULATORY SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC BEHAVIOR; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS; STOCHASTICITY; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

BACTERIOLOGY; DESIGN; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INTRON; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR COMPUTER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERS, MOLECULAR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; INTRONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 78650836055     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5626353     Document Type: Conference Paper

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