Performance characteristics for sensors and circuits used to program E. coli

Systems Biology and Biotechnology of Escherichia coli

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 401-439

  Tabor, Jeffrey J ^a   Groban, Eli S ^a,b   Voigt, Christopher A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Biophysics Program   (United States)

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EID: 78650917277     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9394-4_19     Document Type: Chapter

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