Characterization of Intrinsic Properties of Promoters

ACS Synthetic Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 89-98

  Rudge, Timothy J ^a   Brown, James R ^a,c   Federici, Fernan ^a,b   Dalchau, Neil ^c   Phillips, Andrew ^c   Ajioka, James W ^a   Haseloff, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

characterization; design; fluorescence; modeling; promoter; quantification; ratiometric; transcription

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; PHOTOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBON SOURCE; CELL GROWTH; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VIVO STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REPORTER GENE; METABOLISM; PLASMID; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

FLUORESCENCE; GENES, REPORTER; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS;

EID: 84954289869     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21615063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.5b00116     Document Type: Article

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