Model prokaryotes articles within Nature Methods

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• Research Highlight | 29 September 2020

  Modeling the E. coli cell

  An integrative modeling framework enables cross-validation of existing E. coli datasets and prediction of uncharacterized parameters.

  • Lei Tang

• In Brief | 01 October 2018

  Engineering wild bacteria

  • Nicole Rusk

• In Brief | 31 July 2018

  A model gut microbiome

  • Natalie de Souza

• Methods in Brief | 28 February 2018

  Cas goes rogue

• Research Highlights | 28 February 2018

  Gas vesicles enable ultrasound imaging

  Acoustic reporter genes that produce gas vesicles offer a way to image and locate microorganisms in mammalian hosts.

  • Christian Schnell

• Brief Communication | 29 August 2016

  Vibrio natriegens as a fast-growing host for molecular biology

  A suite of tools and resources for Vibrio natriegens introduces the bacterium as a faster-growing alternative to E. coli for molecular biology and biotechnology applications.

  • Matthew T Weinstock
  • , Eric D Hesek
  •  & Daniel G Gibson

• Methods in Brief | 29 June 2016

  Counting proteins by slowing diffusion

• Research Highlights | 25 February 2016

  Addicting bugs to nonstandard amino acids

  Scientists can maintain orthogonal translation systems over many bacterial generations by making an essential gene depend on a nonstandard amino acid.

  • Allison Doerr

• Research Highlights | 28 January 2016

  The condition-dependent proteome

  Absolute levels of the Escherichia coli proteome measured under 22 different conditions represent a valuable resource.

  • Allison Doerr

• Research Highlights | 30 December 2014

  Bacterial recall

  Bacterial populations get outfitted with stable analog genetic memory.

  • Tal Nawy

• Methods in Brief | 29 April 2014

  Cell-produced functional biomaterials

• Article | 09 March 2014

  Characterizing bacterial gene circuit dynamics with optically programmed gene expression signals

  This paper describes optical control of complex and dynamic bacterial gene expression patterns for the study of gene circuits.

  • Evan J Olson
  • , Lucas A Hartsough
  •  & Jeffrey J Tabor

• Methods in Brief | 27 February 2014

  Screening for holes in Gram-negative bacteria

• Research Highlights | 26 November 2013

  Teaching bacteria a new language

  Bacteria's ability to withstand broad genomic editing offers a potential route toward more robust and useful genetically modified organisms.

  • Michael Eisenstein

• Brief Communication | 03 November 2013

  Accelerated discovery via a whole-cell model

  Discrepancies between model prediction and experimental measurements enable molecular-level discovery with a whole-cell model of Mycoplasma genitalium.

  • Jayodita C Sanghvi
  • , Sergi Regot
  •  & Markus W Covert

• Advertising Feature: Application Note | 29 August 2013

  Endotoxin-free protein production—ClearColi^™ technology

  • Uwe Mamat
  • , Ronald W Woodard
  •  & Curtis Knox