Evolutionary principles and synthetic biology: Avoiding a molecular tragedy of the commons with an engineered phage

Journal of Biological Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Gladstone, Eric G ^a   Molineux, Ian J ^a   Bull, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; ENDOSIALIDASE; SIALIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CAPSULE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TRANSGENE;

EID: 84865638177     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17541611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1754-1611-6-13     Document Type: Article

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