'Deadman' and 'Passcode' microbial kill switches for bacterial containment

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 82-86

  Chan, Clement T Y ^a   Lee, Jeong Wook ^a   Cameron, D Ewen ^a   Bashor, Caleb J ^a   Collins, James J ^a,b,c,d  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SYNTHETIC DNA; BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; BACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HAZARDOUS WASTE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PROCEDURES; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CONTAINMENT OF BIOHAZARDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 84955192252     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.1979     Document Type: Article

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