Automated design of genetic toggle switches with predetermined bistability

ACS Synthetic Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 284-290

  Chen, Shuobing ^a   Zhang, Haoqian ^a   Shi, Handuo ^a   Ji, Weiyue ^a   Feng, Jingchen ^a   Gong, Yan ^a   Yang, Zhenglin ^a   Ouyang, Qi ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Genetic toggle switch; Rational design; RBS calculator; Stochastic model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BINDING SITE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SWITCHING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

BINDING SITES; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; DNA; MODELS, GENETIC; RIBOSOMES; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84868259206     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21615063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sb300027y     Document Type: Article

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