Synthetic biology aims to apply engineering principles to the design and modification of biological systems and to the construction of biological parts and devices. The ability to programme cells by providing new instructions written in DNA is a foundational technology of the field. Large-scale de novo DNA synthesis has accelerated synthetic biology by offering custom-made molecules at ever decreasing costs. However, for large fragments and for experiments in which libraries of DNA sequences are assembled in different combinations, assembly in the laboratory is still desirable. Biological assembly standards allow DNA parts, even those from multiple laboratories and experiments, to be assembled together using the same reagents and protocols. The adoption of such standards for plant synthetic biology has been cohesive for the plant science community, facilitating the application of genome editing technologies to plant systems and streamlining progress in large-scale, multi-laboratory bioengineering projects.
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Shining a spotlight on outer membrane protein folding. Outer membrane proteins (OMPs) [such as OmpA (green, top left)] have to navigate their way from the ribosome (bottom of image) via trigger factor (red) and SecB (turquoise), through the SecYEG translocon (red/yellow) in the inner membrane (IM). They are then chaperoned across the periplasm until they can insert and fold into their ultimate destination, the outer membrane. For further details see pp. 802–809. The figure was produced by Jim Horne. - PDF Icon PDF LinkTable of Contents
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June 09 2016
Blueprints for green biotech: development and application of standards for plant synthetic biology
Nicola J. Patron
Nicola J. Patron
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*The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Science Park, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7UH U.K.
1email nicola.patron@tsl.ac.uk.
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Publisher: Portland Press Ltd
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February 01 2016
Online ISSN: 1470-8752
Print ISSN: 0300-5127
© 2016 The Author(s). published by Portland Press Limited on behalf of the Biochemical Society
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Biochem Soc Trans (2016) 44 (3): 702–708.
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February 01 2016
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Nicola J. Patron; Blueprints for green biotech: development and application of standards for plant synthetic biology. Biochem Soc Trans 15 June 2016; 44 (3): 702–708. doi: https://doi.org/10.1042/BST20160044
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