An engineered bacterium auxotrophic for an unnatural amino acid: a novel biological containment syst...
An engineered bacterium auxotrophic for an unnatural amino acid: a novel biological containment system
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United States: PeerJ. Ltd
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Biological containment is a genetic technique that programs dangerous organisms to grow only in the laboratory and to die in the natural environment. Auxotrophy for a substance not found in the natural environment is an ideal biological containment. Here, we constructed an Escherichia coli strain that cannot survive in the absence of the unnatural...
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An engineered bacterium auxotrophic for an unnatural amino acid: a novel biological containment system
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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_ee0ad6a2881941a393d52d7c4994f33f
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_ee0ad6a2881941a393d52d7c4994f33f
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2167-8359
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2167-8359
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10.7717/peerj.1247
