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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-7-13
pubmed:abstractText
Synthetic biology is an emerging field in which the procedures and methods of engineering are extended living organisms, with the long-term goal of producing novel cell types that aid human society. For example, engineered cell types may sense a particular environment and express gene products that serve as an indicator of that environment or affect a change in that environment. While we are still some way from producing cells with significant practical applications, the immediate goals of synthetic biology are to develop a quantitative understanding of genetic circuitry and its interactions with the environment and to develop modular genetic circuitry derived from standard, interoperable parts that can be introduced into cells and result in some desired input/output function. Using an engineering approach, the input/output function of each modular element is characterized independently, providing a toolkit of elements that can be linked in different ways to provide various circuit topologies. The principle of modularity, yet largely unproven for biological systems, suggests that modules will function appropriately based on their design characteristics when combined into larger synthetic genetic devices. This modularity concept is similar to that used to develop large computer programs, where independent software modules can be independently developed and later combined into the final program. This chapter begins by pointing out the potential usefulness of two-component signal transduction systems for synthetic biology applications and describes our use of the Escherichia coli NRI/NRII (NtrC/NtrB) two-component system for the construction of a synthetic genetic oscillator and toggle switch for E. coli. Procedures for conducting measurements of oscillatory behavior and toggle switch behavior of these synthetic genetic devices are described. It then presents a brief overview of device fabrication strategy and tactics and presents a useful vector system for the construction of synthetic genetic modules and positioning these modules onto the bacterial chromosome in defined locations.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0076-6879
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
422
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
488-512
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-7-26
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Using two-component systems and other bacterial regulatory factors for the fabrication of synthetic genetic devices.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical School , Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article