Optogenetic characterization methods overcome key challenges in synthetic and systems biology

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 502-511

  Olson, Evan J ^a   Tabor, Jeffrey J ^a,b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ENGINEERING; GENE EXPRESSION; OPTOGENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DNA; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRONS; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIGHT; OPTOGENETICS; RAS PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 84902823142     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.1559     Document Type: Review

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