Bridging the Gap: A Roadmap to Breaking the Biological Design Barrier

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Beal, Jacob ^a  

^a BBN TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

automation; calibrated flow cytometry; design; metrology; organism engineering; prediction; synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; BIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

BIOLOGICAL DESIGN; BREAKINGS; CALIBRATED FLOW CYTOMETRY; DESIGN TOOL; HIGH-LEVEL DESIGN; ORGANISM ENGINEERING; PREDICTIVE MODELS; ROADMAP; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TEST TOOLS;

SPECIFICATIONS;

EID: 84947767633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22964185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2014.00087     Document Type: Review

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