Wiring Together Synthetic Bacterial Consortia to Create a Biological Integrated Circuit

ACS Synthetic Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1421-1432

  Perry, Nicolas ^a   Nelson, Edward M ^a   Timp, Gregory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

biological computing; cell cell communication; quorum sensing; synthetic biofilm; synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT; CELL INTERACTION; CELL POPULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROFLUIDICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; QUORUM SENSING; SIMULATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; CELL COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; LAB ON A CHIP; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PROCEDURES; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSGENIC MICROORGANISM;

BIOFILMS; CELL COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; LAB-ON-A-CHIP DEVICES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROORGANISMS, GENETICALLY-MODIFIED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUORUM SENSING; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 85006340333     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21615063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.6b00002     Document Type: Article

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