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Reprogramming bacteria to seek and destroy an herbicide

Reprogramming bacteria to seek and destroy an herbicide

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Reprogramming bacteria to seek and destroy an herbicide

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Full title

Reprogramming bacteria to seek and destroy an herbicide

Publisher

New York: Nature Publishing Group US

Journal title

Nature chemical biology, 2010-06, Vol.6 (6), p.464-470

Language

English

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New York: Nature Publishing Group US

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Contents

Synthetic biology enables the reprogramming of cells for useful applications. RNA selection approaches yielded an atrazine-binding riboswitch that was used to engineer
Escherichia coli
that migrate toward and catabolize this common herbicide.
A major goal of synthetic biology is to reprogram cells to perform complex tasks. Here we show how...

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Reprogramming bacteria to seek and destroy an herbicide

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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_2873063

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_2873063

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ISSN

1552-4450

E-ISSN

1552-4469

DOI

10.1038/nchembio.369

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