Synthetic Biologists Rewired the Genetic Circuitry (IMAGE)

Rice University

Synthetic Biologists Rewired the Genetic Circuitry

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To discover the function of a totally new two-component system, Rice University synthetic biologists rewired the genetic circuitry in seven strains of bacteria and examined how each behaved when exposed to 117 individual chemicals.

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Jeff Fitlow/Rice University

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