Genetic design automation: Engineering fantasy or scientific renewal?

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 120-126

  Lux, Matthew W ^a   Bramlett, Brian W ^b   Ball, David A ^a   Peccoud, Jean ^a,c  

^a VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Lux Bio Group SA   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAD TOOL; COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN TOOLS; DOMAIN SPECIFIC; GENETIC DESIGN; GENETIC SYSTEMS; PRODUCTIVITY GAIN; REAL VALUES; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; WORK-FLOWS;

PRODUCTIVITY;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

HYBRID PROTEIN;

AUTOMATION; CELL CULTURE; CODON; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SYNTHESIS; GENETIC DESIGN AUTOMATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOTYPE; IN VIVO STUDY; LAB ON A CHIP; MICROFLUIDICS; NANOFABRICATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS;

AUTOMATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; GENETIC ENGINEERING; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84856094936     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: 18793096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2011.09.001     Document Type: Review

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