Towards Engineering Biological Systems in a Broader Context

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 428, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 928-944

  Venturelli, Ophelia S ^a,c   Egbert, Robert G ^b   Arkin, Adam P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c University of California at Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

ecological stability; phenotypic diversification; resource allocation; synthetic biology; synthetic ecology

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGY; CELL ENGINEERING; CELL SURVIVAL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOCREA JECORINA; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE; ADAPTATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PROCEDURES; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; CELL ENGINEERING; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84960804379     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2015.10.025     Document Type: Review

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