Synthetic biology: An emerging engineering discipline

Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue , 2012, Pages 155-178

  Cheng, Allen A ^a   Lu, Timothy K ^a  

^a Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineered organisms; Engineering cycle; Genetic engineering; Modeling; Synthetic circuits; Synthetic devices

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DESIGN; BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN TOOLS; ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES; ENGINEERED ORGANISMS; ENGINEERING CHALLENGES; ENGINEERING DISCIPLINES; HIGH-THROUGHPUT; HUMAN HEALTH; NATURAL BIOLOGICAL SYSTEM; PARTS LIBRARY; PROOF-OF-CONCEPT DESIGN; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; SYNTHETIC DEVICES;

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MODELS;

DESIGN;

BIOMATERIAL;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOMEDICINE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DNA; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME; HUMANS; INFECTION; NEOPLASMS; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84864258391     PISSN: 15239829     EISSN: 15454274     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-bioeng-071811-150118     Document Type: Review

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