Digital-to-biological converter for on-demand production of biologics

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 672-675

  Boles, Kent S ^a   Kannan, Krishna ^a   Gill, John ^a   Felderman, Martina ^a   Gouvis, Heather ^a   Hubby, Bolyn ^a   Kamrud, Kurt I ^a   Venter, J Craig ^a   Gibson, Daniel G ^a  

^a Synthetic Genomics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; NUCLEIC ACIDS; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; RNA;

AUTOMIZATION; BIOLOGICAL MOLECULE; FULLY AUTOMATED; HUMAN INTERVENTION; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; RNA MOLECULES; SEQUENCE INFORMATIONS; VIRAL PARTICLES;

DNA SEQUENCES;

DNA; RNA; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; BIOPOLYMER;

AMPLICON; ANALOG DIGITAL CONVERTER; ARTICLE; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SYNTHESIS; DNA TEMPLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANGER SEQUENCING; STRUCTURAL GENE; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; VIRUS PARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; ROBOTICS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; BIOPOLYMERS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; ROBOTICS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 85024396712     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt.3859     Document Type: Article

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