Exploring Host-Microbiome Interactions using an in Silico Model of Biomimetic Robots and Engineered Living Cells

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Heyde, Keith C ^a   Ruder, Warren C ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMIMETICS; CELLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROFLORA; ROBOTICS;

BIOMIMETICS; CELLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MICROBIOTA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ROBOTICS;

EID: 84937604727     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep11988     Document Type: Article

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