Divided we stand: splitting synthetic cells for their proliferation

Systems and Synthetic Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 249-269

  Caspi, Yaron ^a   Dekker, Cees ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cell division; Minimal cells; Synthetic cells; Vesicle splitting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939887323     PISSN: 18725325     EISSN: 18725333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11693-014-9145-7     Document Type: Review

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