A synthetic biology approach to understanding biological oscillations: Developing a genetic oscillator for Escherichia coli

Bacterial Circadian Programs

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 301-329

  Ninfa, Alexander J ^a   Atkinson, Mariette R ^a   Forger, Daniel ^b   Atkins, Stephen ^a   Arps, David ^a   Selinsky, Stephen ^a   Court, Donald ^c   Perry, Nicolas ^b   Mayo, Avraham E ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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EID: 84920104038     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-88431-6_17     Document Type: Chapter

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