Synthetic biology, inspired by synthetic chemistry

FEBS Letters

Volumn 586, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 2146-2156

  Malinova, V ^a   Nallani, M ^c   Meier, W P ^a   Sinner, E K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c Institute of Research and Engineering   (Singapore)

Author keywords

In vitro synthesis; Membrane protein; Polymersomes; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; DNA; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LIPASE B; LIPOSOME; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYGUANYLIC ACID; POLYMER; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE);

ARTIFICIAL CELL; BIOREACTOR; CANDIDA ANTARCTICA; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ORGANELLE; ENCAPSULATION; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

ARTIFICIAL CELLS; CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, SYNTHETIC; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMERS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84863621656     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: 18733468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2012.05.033     Document Type: Review

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