Multicellular Computing Using Conjugation for Wiring

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Goñi Moreno, Angel ^a   Amos, Martyn ^b   de la Cruz, Fernando ^c  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL ENGINEERING; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRAIN; CELL TYPE; CELL WIRING; COMPUTATIONAL MODELING; COMPUTER NETWORK; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE TRANSFER; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MULTICELLULAR COMPUTING; PLASMID; QUORUM SENSING; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

BACTERIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LOGIC; MODELS, GENETIC; PLASMIDS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUORUM SENSING; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84879255427     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065986     Document Type: Article

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