Digital and analog gene circuits for biotechnology

Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 597-608

  Roquet, Nathaniel ^a,b,c   Lu, Timothy K ^a,b,c  

^a USA   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c Building C 2   (United States)

Author keywords

Analog gene circuit; Digital gene circuit; Memory; Metabolic engineering; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; DIGITAL CIRCUITS; GENES; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; SUBSTRATES;

DESIGN AND APPLICATION; GENE CIRCUITS; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; PRODUCTION PROGRAM; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; SYNTHETIC GENE CIRCUITS; VALUABLE CHEMICALS; VARIABLE CONDITIONS;

ANALOG CIRCUITS;

SYNTHETIC DNA;

ANALOG CIRCUIT; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DIGITAL CIRCUIT; GENE CIRCUIT; GENETIC PARAMETERS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84899713900     PISSN: 18606768     EISSN: 18607314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biot.201300258     Document Type: Review

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