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The influence of a host

Nature Methods volume 10, pages 818–819 (2013)Cite this article

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Dissecting the effect of a host's genetic background on circuit performance will allow better design.

What is taken for granted in many fields of engineering, that a part performs predictably no matter the context, is still a dream for those engineering biological circuits in living cells. But this dream is getting closer to reality.

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  1. Cardinale, S. et al. Effects of genetic variation on the E. coli host-circuit interface. Cell Rep. 4, 231–237 (2013).

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Rusk, N. The influence of a host. Nat Methods 10, 818–819 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.2624

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