End-to-end automated microfluidic platform for synthetic biology: From design to functional analysis

Journal of Biological Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Linshiz, Gregory ^a,b,c   Jensen, Erik ^d,e   Stawski, Nina ^a,b   Bi, Changhao ^b,f   Elsbree, Nick ^a,b   Jiao, Hong ^e   Kim, Jungkyu ^d,g   Mathies, Richard ^d   Keasling, Jay D ^a,b,h   Hillson, Nathan J ^a,b,c  

^a JOINT BIOENERGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e HJ Science and Technology   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^g Texas Tech University   (United States)

^h University of California at Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis; Cell culture; DNA assembly; Microfluidics; Synthetic biology; Transformation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BIOCHIP; CELL GROWTH; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; METABOLISM; MICROFLUIDICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84956933515     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17541611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13036-016-0024-5     Document Type: Article

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