Synthetic Biology
The emerging field of synthetic biology employs biotechnological approaches to recreate and enhance basic biological structures, intracellular processes and whole organisms. This book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of the opportunities and challenges of this complex field of biotechno...
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Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
Γλώσσα: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
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Έκδοση: | 1st ed. 2016. |
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Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Xenobiotic life (artificial cells and cell like structures, biological nanostructures, XNA)
- Novel DNA and RNA (synthetic promoters, riboswitches, small RNAs, ribozymes, adaptamers, DNA walker, DNA machines)
- Expansion of the genetic code and protein building blocks (orthogonal mRNA-ribosome pairs, non canonical amino acids)
- DNA logics and circuit design (including sensors, TALORs, genome rewiring repressilator, oscillator, metabolator, „Multicellular circuits“)
- Protein engineering (directed evolution, domain engineering)
- Synthetic metabolic pathways (engineered pathways, non natural pathways, scaffolding)
- Reengineered chassis cells (minimal organisms, platform hosts, minimal genomes, synthetic genomes)
- In silico simulation and design of complex metabolic and signalling networks
- Novel synthetic biomaterials
- Key methods for synthetic biology (assembly technologies, genome engineering technologies, DNA synthesis, Standardization)
- Public awareness and risk management.