A living foundry for Synthetic Biological Materials: A synthetic biology roadmap to new advanced materials

Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 105-112

  Le Feuvre, Rosalind A ^a   Scrutton, Nigel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advanced materials; Biological materials; Biomaterials; Materials; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; BIOMATERIAL; BIOPOLYMER; MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD; MONOMER; NANOWIRE;

ENERGY CONVERSION; HUMAN; MATERIAL COATING; NANOFABRICATION; REVIEW; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TISSUE REGENERATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85046588343     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2405805X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.synbio.2018.04.002     Document Type: Review

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