Tools for engineering coordinated system behaviour in synthetic microbial consortia

Nature Communications

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Kylilis, Nicolas ^a   Tuza, Zoltan A ^a   Stan, Guy Bart ^a   Polizzi, Karen M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE DERIVATIVE;

BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; CELL; CHEMORECEPTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROORGANISM; SOFTWARE;

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOPROCESS; CELL COMMUNICATION; COCULTURE; COMPUTER MODEL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR LIBRARY; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOFTWARE; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

ACYL-BUTYROLACTONES; ALGORITHMS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; QUORUM SENSING; SOFTWARE; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 85049888453     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05046-2     Document Type: Article

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