A computational method for automated characterization of genetic components

ACS Synthetic Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 578-588

  Yordanov, Boyan ^a   Dalchau, Neil ^a   Grant, Paul K ^a,b   Pedersen, Michael ^a,b   Emmott, Stephen ^a   Haseloff, Jim ^b   Phillips, Andrew ^a  

^a MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; characterization; fluorescent reporters; ratiometric; synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

3 OXOHEXANOYL HOMOSERINE LACTONE; HOMOSERINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LUXR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE; LUXR AUTOINDUCER BINDING PROTEINS; N-(3-OXOHEXANOYL)-3-AMINODIHYDRO-2(3H)-FURANONE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BAYES THEOREM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA PROCESSING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUOROMETRY; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; QUORUM SENSING; SOFTWARE;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; AUTOMATION; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUOROMETRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MODELS, GENETIC; QUORUM SENSING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SOFTWARE; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84906243705     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21615063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sb400152n     Document Type: Article

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