Synthetic biology: Advancing the design of diverse genetic systems

Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages 69-102

  Wang, Yen Hsiang ^a   Wei, Kathy Y ^a   Smolke, Christina D ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological parts; Evolutionary robustness; Genetically encoded programs; Level matching

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; COMPLEX NETWORKS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIOLOGICAL PARTS; DESIGN CHALLENGES; DESIGN FRAMEWORKS; DIVERSE APPLICATIONS; EVOLUTIONARY ROBUSTNESS; LEVEL MATCHING; NETWORK COMPLEXITY; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

DESIGN;

DNA;

ANIMAL; BIOENGINEERING; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOENGINEERING; DNA; GENOME; HUMANS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84879101651     PISSN: 19475438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-061312-103351     Document Type: Article

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