Analyzing and engineering cell signaling modules with synthetic biology

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 785-790

  O'Shaughnessy, Ellen C ^a   Sarkar, Casim A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; CELLULAR RESPONSE; ENDOGENOUS SIGNALING; ENGINEERING CELLS; ENVIRONMENTAL CUES; EX-VIVO; FUNDAMENTAL DESIGN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSMISSION; SIGNALING PATHWAYS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

BIODEGRADATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

SIGNALING;

GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; RETINOIC ACID INDUCIBLE PROTEIN I; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA;

BIOFILM; BLUE LIGHT; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILOPODIUM; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LAMELLIPODIUM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL ENGINEERING; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84867203218     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2012.01.004     Document Type: Review

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