A modular cell-based biosensor using engineered genetic logic circuits to detect and integrate multiple environmental signals.

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Published in Biosens Bioelectron on August 23, 2012

Authors

Baojun Wang1, Mauricio Barahona, Martin Buck

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Mathematics, 6M50 Huxley Building, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK. b.wang06@imperial.ac.uk

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