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A Multilayer Microfluidic Platform for the Conduction of Prolonged Cell-Free Gene Expression
Published on: October 6, 2019
Control of genes by self-organizing multicellular interaction networks
1Unaffiliated, Atlanta, USA. kyle.r.allison.phd@gmail.com.
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Multicellular self-organization drives development in biological organisms, yet a comprehensive theory is lacking as basic properties of cells can complicate common approaches. Framing such properties by dynamic graphs led to new theoretical propositions for multicellular self-organization in Escherichia coli. Here, corresponding ideas are developed from biologically-general first principles. The resulting perspective could aid both experimental and computational approaches to multicellular biology as well as efforts to control and engineer it.
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