Synthetic constructs in/for the environment: Managing the interplay between natural and engineered Biology

FEBS Letters

Volumn 586, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 2199-2206

  Schmidt, Markus ^a   De Lorenzo, Víctor ^b  

^a Biofaction KG   (Austria)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alternative gene code; Biological containment; Genetic containment; Horizontal gene transfer; Orthogonal systems; XNA

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; NUCLEIC ACID; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

BIOENGINEERING; BIOLOGY; BIOPROCESS; CODON; DEATH; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRAIT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NATURAL BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TRANSGENE;

BACTERIA; BIOPOLYMERS; CELL DEATH; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84863612293     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: 18733468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2012.02.022     Document Type: Review

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