Synthetic cell division system: Controlling equal vs. unequal divisions by design

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Sato, Yoichi ^a   Yasuhara, Kazuma ^a   Kikuchi, Jun Ichi ^a   Sato, Thomas N ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

^c CENTENARY INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^e ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOLVENT;

ARTIFICIAL CELL; CELL DIVISION; CHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

ARTIFICIAL CELLS; CELL DIVISION; SOLVENTS; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84890586948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03475     Document Type: Article

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