Synthetic biology with RNA: Progress report

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 278-284

  Benenson, Yaakov ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR SENSOR; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RIBOSWITCH; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; COMPUTERS, MOLECULAR; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LOGIC; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RNA; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84865297453     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: 18790402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2012.05.192     Document Type: Review

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