An engineered bacterium auxotrophic for an unnatural amino acid: a novel biological containment system
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 th...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2015
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4579030/ |