Advances in synthetic biology: on the path from prototypes to applications.

Abstract:

:Synthetic biology combines knowledge from various disciplines including molecular biology, engineering, mathematics and physics to design and build novel proteins, genetic circuits and metabolic networks. Early efforts aimed at altering the behavior of individual elements have now evolved to focus on the construction of complex networks in single-cell and multicellular systems. Recent achievements include the development of sophisticated non-native behaviors such as bi-stability, oscillations, proteins customized for biosensing, optimized drug synthesis and programmed spatial pattern formation. The de novo construction of such systems offers valuable quantitative insight into naturally occurring information processing activities. Furthermore, as the techniques for system design, synthesis and optimization mature, we will witness a rapid growth in the capabilities of synthetic systems with a wide-range of applications.

journal_name

Curr Opin Biotechnol

authors

McDaniel R,Weiss R

doi

10.1016/j.copbio.2005.07.002

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2005-08-01 00:00:00

pages

476-83

issue

4

eissn

0958-1669

issn

1879-0429

pii

S0958-1669(05)00102-3

journal_volume

16

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