Burden-driven feedback control of gene expression

Nature Methods

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 387-393

  Ceroni, Francesca ^a   Boo, Alice ^a   Furini, Simone ^b   Gorochowski, Thomas E ^c   Borkowski, Olivier ^a   Ladak, Yaseen N ^a   Awan, Ali R ^a   Gilbert, Charlie ^a   Stan, Guy Bart ^a   Ellis, Tom ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c Tankard's Close   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SYNTHETIC DNA;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; HOST CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 85045463412     PISSN: 15487091     EISSN: 15487105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.4635     Document Type: Article

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