The All E. coli TX-TL Toolbox 2.0: A Platform for Cell-Free Synthetic Biology

ACS Synthetic Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 344-355

  Garamella, Jonathan ^a   Marshall, Ryan ^a   Rustad, Mark ^a   Noireaux, Vincent ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

biosynthesis; cell free transcription translation; gene circuits prototyping; minimal cell; self assembly

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; CLPXP PROTEASE, E COLI; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLP; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MAZF PROTEIN, E COLI; RIBONUCLEASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL CELL; CARBON SOURCE; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA DEGRADATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; UNTRANSLATED REGION; BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIOPHAGES; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLP; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, MESSENGER; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84966334405     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21615063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.5b00296     Document Type: Article

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