Designer cell signal processing circuits for biotechnology

New Biotechnology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 635-643

  Bradley, Robert W ^a,b   Wang, Baojun ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN; MOBILE SECURITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL COMPONENTS; BIOLOGICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; COMPLEX OPERATIONS; DIGITAL INFORMATION; DISEASE DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL SENSING; SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUITS;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ACETYL COENZYME A; ALCOHOL; DIESEL FUEL; FARNESYL DIPHOSPHATE; FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID ESTER; MEVALONIC ACID; MICRORNA; PYRUVIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTOME; PROTEOME;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; BIOPROCESS; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIGAND BINDING; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS CONTROL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; RNA STABILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; ANIMAL; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC FLUX ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC FLUX ANALYSIS; PROTEOME; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84940956565     PISSN: 18716784     EISSN: 18764347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2014.12.009     Document Type: Review

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