Implementation of cell-free biological networks at steady state

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 40, 2013, Pages 15985-15990

  Niederholtmeyer, Henrike ^a   Stepanoèa, Èiktoria ^a   Maerkl, Sebastian J ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cell free protein synthesis; Computational biology; Minimal artificial cell; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CELL FREE SYSTEM; DILUTION; IN VITRO STUDY; OSCILLATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STEADY STATE; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

CELL-FREE PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; MINIMAL ARTIFICIAL CELL; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

CELL-FREE SYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84885056795     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1311166110     Document Type: Article

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