Computational methods in synthetic biology: Towards computer-aided part design

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 318-322

  Wu, Kang ^a   Rao, Christopher V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84865305634     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: 18790402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2012.05.003     Document Type: Review

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