Synthetic analog computation in living cells

Nature

Volumn 497, Issue 7451, 2013, Pages 619-623

  Daniel, Ramiz ^a,b   Rubens, Jacob R ^a,b   Sarpeshkar, Rahul ^a,b,c   Lu, Timothy K ^a,b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POWER LAW;

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERS, ANALOG; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; LOGIC; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; QUORUM SENSING; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84878381909     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature12148     Document Type: Article

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