Designing RNA-based genetic control systems for efficient production from engineered metabolic pathways

ACS Synthetic Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 107-115

  Stevens, Jason T ^a   Carothers, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

dynamic control; metabolic engineering; RNA device; simulation; synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

RNA; OXIDOREDUCTASE; STYRENE;

ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROL SYSTEM; GENETIC REGULATION; METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

AMINO ACID OXIDOREDUCTASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; RNA; STYRENE;

EID: 84924258069     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21615063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sb400201u     Document Type: Article

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