Design and analysis of a tunable synchronized oscillator

Journal of Biological Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ryback, Brendan M ^a   Odoni, Dorett I ^a   van Heck, Ruben G A ^a   van Nuland, Youri ^a   Hesselman, Matthijn C ^a   Martins dos Santos, Vítor A P ^a   van Passel, Mark W J ^a,c   Hugenholtz, Floor ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Delay differential equation; Genetic circuit; Synchronized tunable oscillator; Transcriptional feedback

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL DENSITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; OSCILLATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84887715437     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17541611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1754-1611-7-26     Document Type: Article

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