Semi-synthetic minimal cells as a tool for biochemical ICT

BioSystems

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 24-34

  Stano, Pasquale ^a   Rampioni, Giordano ^a   Carrara, Paolo ^a   Damiano, Luisa ^b   Leoni, Livia ^a   Luisi, Pier Luigi ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

ICT; Liposome; Minimal cell; Quorum sensing; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

LIPOSOME;

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DRUG; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; PROTEIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL CELL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; QUORUM SENSING; RNA TRANSLATION; SEMI SYNTHETIC MINIMAL CELL; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84861794330     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: 18728324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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