IGEM:Harvard/2007/Background Reading

Synthetic Biology

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3. Walter JM, Greenfield D, Bustamante C, and Liphardt J. Light-powering Escherichia coli with proteorhodopsin. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Feb 13;104(7):2408-12. DOI:10.1073/pnas.0611035104 |

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