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Synthetic Biology in Action

Juli PeretóManuel Porcar

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Synthetic biologyAction (philosophy)Artificial cellComputer scienceFactory (object-oriented programming)Biochemical engineering

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Last decade has witnessed remarkable advances towards the engineering of life. The examples range from the design of an efficient cellular factory for the semi-synthesis of the antimalarial drug artemisinin, to the chemical synthesis of chromosomes, both bacterial and eukaryotic. In parallel, advances in the deep characterization of cell machineries in the simplest cells show that we are very far of fully understanding the regulation of metabolic and genetic circuits. Biological emergent properties and noise may suppose an obstacle for predictive design. Besides the obvious biotechnological benefits of synthetic biology, the path towards the artificial cell will report new insights on the essence of life.

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2014-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9382-7_5