Synthetic Biocomputation: the possible and the actual

ECAL 2011: The 11th European Conference on Artificial Life

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Solé, Ricard V ^a,b,c   Macia, Javier ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY CSIC UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

ADAPTIVE NATURES; ANT COLONIES; COMPUTATIONAL SYSTEM; GENOTYPE-PHENOTYPE MAPPING; IN-SILICO; MOLECULAR CIRCUITS; OPTIMISATIONS; SIGNALING CASCADES; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 84858439431     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.7551/978-0-262-29714-1-ch008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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