Engineered genetic information processing circuits

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Systems Biology and Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 273-287

  Qi, Hao ^a   Blanchard, Andrew ^a   Lu, Ting ^a,b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MICRORNA; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SYNTHETIC DNA;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOENGINEERING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CHEMOTAXIS; DIFFERENTIATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAMMAL CELL; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MOLECULE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; YEAST;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BETA-LACTAMASES; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, REPORTER; LOGISTIC MODELS;

EID: 84876089499     PISSN: 19395094     EISSN: 1939005X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wsbm.1216     Document Type: Review

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