Post-translational tools expand the scope of synthetic biology

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 300-306

  Olson, Evan J ^a   Tabor, Jeffrey J ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOSTERISM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; POSTTRANSLATIONAL CIRCUIT; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STEM CELL; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TISSUE GROWTH;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84865283318     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: 18790402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2012.06.003     Document Type: Review

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