Semi-synthetic minimal cells: Origin and recent developments

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 633-638

  Stano, Pasquale ^a   Luisi, Pier Luigi ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CELLS; CELLULAR STRUCTURE; IMPORTANT FEATURES; LABORATORY CONSTRUCTIONS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

CYTOLOGY; LIPOSOMES;

CELLS;

LIPOSOME;

ARTIFICIAL CELL; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUSION; CELL GROWTH; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELL TYPE; CELL VACUOLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SYNTHESIS; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MINIMAL CELL; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NANOENCAPSULATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

ARTIFICIAL CELLS; BACTERIA; CYTOPLASMIC VESICLES; LIPOSOMES; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84880933924     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2013.01.002     Document Type: Review

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