Mammalian synthetic biology for studying the cell

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 73-82

  Mathur, Melina ^a   Xiang, Joy S ^a   Smolke, Christina D ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; CYTOLOGY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; CELL COMMUNICATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; HUMAN; MALE; PROCEDURES; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; CELL BIOLOGY; CELL COMMUNICATION; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; MALE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 85008627541     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 15408140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201611002     Document Type: Article

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