Engineering bacteria for diagnostic and therapeutic applications

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 214-225

  Riglar, David T ^a,b   Silver, Pamela A ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSAFETY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRECLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; DRUG DESIGN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; DRUG DESIGN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS;

EID: 85043507024     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro.2017.172     Document Type: Review

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