Programmed hierarchical patterning of bacterial populations

Nature Communications

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Boehm, Christian R ^a,c   Grant, Paul K ^a,b   Haseloff, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME VARIANT; HOMOSERINE LACTONE; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIOPHAGE T7 RNA POLYMERASE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; SYNTHETIC DNA; VIRAL PROTEIN;

BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; CELL; ENZYME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MORPHOGENESIS; RNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL SURFACE; CELL SUSPENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE T7; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; BACTERIUM; DEVICES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIA; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENES, SYNTHETIC; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 85042552153     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03069-3     Document Type: Article

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