Compartmentalization of an all-E. coli Cell-Free Expression System for the Construction of a Minimal Cell

Artificial Life

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 185-195

  Caschera, Filippo ^a,b,c   Noireaux, Vincent ^a,c  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEXDOT   (France)

Author keywords

Cell free metabolism; Cell free transcriptiontranslation; Encapsulation; Gene circuits; Minimal cell; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENCAPSULATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; LIPOSOMES; METABOLISM; PROTEINS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

CELL-FREE; CELL-FREE EXPRESSION; GENE CIRCUITS; INORGANIC PHOSPHATES; MODULE INTEGRATION; MOLECULAR COMPONENTS; SELF REPRODUCTION; UNILAMELLAR LIPOSOMES;

CYTOLOGY;

EID: 84969567617     PISSN: 10645462     EISSN: 15309185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/ARTL_a_00198     Document Type: Conference Paper

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