Genome Calligrapher: A Web Tool for Refactoring Bacterial Genome Sequences for de Novo DNA Synthesis

ACS Synthetic Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 927-934

  Christen, Matthias ^a   Deutsch, Samuel ^b   Christen, Beat ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

de novo DNA synthesis; DNA refactoring software; synthetic biology; synthetic genome design

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; SYNTHETIC DNA; BACTERIAL DNA;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENOME CALLIGRAPHER; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA REPLICATION; GENETICS; INTERNET; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES;

CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; INTERNET; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84939800712     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21615063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.5b00087     Document Type: Article

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