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Synthetic genome engineering gets infectious

Leslie A. Mitchell and Tom Ellis
PNAS October 17, 2017 114 (42) 11006-11008; first published October 9, 2017; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1715365114
Leslie A. Mitchell
aDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University Langone School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016;
bInstitute for Systems Genetics, New York University Langone School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016;
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cCentre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom;
dDepartment of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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  • For correspondence: t.ellis@imperial.ac.uk

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vol. 114 no. 42 11006-11008
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1715365114
PubMed: 
29073011

Published By: 
National Academy of Sciences
Print ISSN: 
0027-8424
Online ISSN: 
1091-6490
History: 
  • Published in issue October 17, 2017.
  • Published first October 9, 2017.

Copyright & Usage: 
Published under the PNAS license.

Author Information

  1. Leslie A. Mitchella,b and
  2. Tom Ellisc,d,1
  1. aDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University Langone School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016;
  2. bInstitute for Systems Genetics, New York University Langone School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016;
  3. cCentre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom;
  4. dDepartment of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom

Footnotes

  • ↵1To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: t.ellis{at}imperial.ac.uk.
  • Author contributions: L.A.M. and T.E. wrote the paper.

  • The authors declare no conflict of interest.

  • See companion article on page E8885.

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