In-Silico Analysis and Implementation of a Multicellular Feedback Control Strategy in a Synthetic Bacterial Consortium

ACS Synthetic Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 507-517

  Fiore, Gianfranco ^a,b   Matyjaszkiewicz, Antoni ^a,b   Annunziata, Fabio ^a,b   Grierson, Claire ^a,b   Savery, Nigel J ^a,b   Marucci, Lucia ^a,b   Di Bernardo, Mario ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Tankard's Close   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

E. coli; feedback control; gene networks; mathematical modeling; synthetic biology; synthetic microbial consortia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL GROWTH; CELL POPULATION; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TARGET CELL; THERMOREGULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOMEOSTASIS; PROCEDURES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HOMEOSTASIS; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 85018468764     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21615063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.6b00220     Document Type: Article

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