LIN Zhanglin, ZHANG Yan, WANG Xu, et al. Recent advances in synthetic biology[J]. CIESC Journal, 2015, (8): 2863-2871.
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LIN Zhanglin, ZHANG Yan, WANG Xu, et al. Recent advances in synthetic biology[J]. CIESC Journal, 2015, (8): 2863-2871.DOI: 10.11949/j.issn.0438-1157.20150648.
Synthetic biology is the engineering design and construction of standardized parts
devices and modules to modify the natural life systems or the de novo synthesis of new life systems. Synthetic biology has been widely applied to the fields of chemical synthesis (including materials
biofuels and natural compounds)
medical industry
agriculture and environmental protection. Biological parts are used to construct synthetic modules such as toggle switch
synthetic oscillator
genetic amplifier
biologic gates and cellular counter. These synthetic modules reprogram life systems to perform specific functions. Modularized metabolic pathways are optimized in the cellular chassis to realize the biological production of bulk and fine chemicals
such as butanol
isobutanol
artemisinin
and taxol. In recent years
researchers have also developed several genome-editing and DNA assembly techniques
making it possible to perform the precise editing and synthesis of genomes. Moreover
genomes of bacteriophage
Mycoplasma genitalium and Saccharomyces cerevisiae have also been successfully synthesized. In the next 50—100 years
synthetic biology will have significant influence on medical industry
chemical (including drugs) synthesis and military affairs. Synthetic biology will have a gradual but disruptive meaning to the world.
Synthetic biological system construction and green intelligent biological manufacturing
Dynamic regulation elements and their applications in microbial metabolic engineering
Metabolic engineering for efficient microbial production of 2,3-butanediol
Advance on the preparation of itaconic acid by biological method
Optimization of biomanufacturing process of high-energy fuel precursor α-bisabolene
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