Synthetic biology engineering of biofilms as nanomaterials factories

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 585-597

  Nguyen, Peter Q ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BIOENGINEERING; BIOFILM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FOUNDRY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHAGE DISPLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOFILMS; NANOSTRUCTURES; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 85020853311     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST20160348     Document Type: Article

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