Probing cell-free gene expression noise in femtoliter volumes

ACS Synthetic Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 497-505

  Karig, David K ^a   Jung, Seung Yong ^a   Srijanto, Bernadeta ^a   Collier, C Patrick ^a   Simpson, Michael L ^a,b,c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

cell free expression; confinement; noise; stochastic

Indexed keywords

DIMETICONE; LIPOSOME;

ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CHEMICAL REACTION; DYNAMICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

BIOPHYSICS; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84884612696     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21615063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sb400028c     Document Type: Article

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