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ReviewIntegrative biology : quantitative biosciences from nano to macro2016

Build to understand: synthetic approaches to biology.

Le-Zhi Wang, Fuqing Wu, Kevin Flores, Ying-Cheng Lai, Xiao Wang

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Review in Integrative biology : quantitative biosciences from nano to macro, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Analysis of the intrinsic value of life in the context of synthetic biology.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Le-Zhi WangSchool of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA.
Fuqing Wu
Kevin Flores
Ying-Cheng Lai
Xiao Wang

Funding

Forward engineering to understand gene regulatory network topologiesR01GM106081 · NIGMS · ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY-TEMPE CAMPUS · PI WANG, XIAO · 2014 to 2018
$1.7M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM106081NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM106081
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this review we discuss how synthetic biology facilitates the task of investigating genetic circuits that are observed in naturally occurring biological systems. Specifically, we give examples where experimentation with synthetic gene circuits has been used to understand four fundamental mechanisms intrinsic to development and disease: multistability, stochastic gene expression, oscillations, and cell-cell communication. Within each area, we also discuss how mathematical modeling has been employed as an essential tool to guide the design of novel gene circuits and as a theoretical basis for exploring circuit topologies exhibiting robust behaviors in the presence of noise.

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Gene Regulatory NetworksAnimalsBacillus subtilisCell CommunicationComputer SimulationFeedback, PhysiologicalGene ExpressionHumansModels, GeneticN-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine AmidaseOscillometryStochastic ProcessesSynthetic BiologyN-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine Amidase

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PMID26686885
PMCPMC4837018

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