Cell-Free Synthetic Biology Platform for Engineering Synthetic Biological Circuits and Systems
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Cell-Free Transcription–Translation Platform for Synthetic Biology
3. In Vitro Synthetic Gene Circuits
4. RNA Regulatory Circuits for Cell-Free Synthetic Biology
5. Encapsulation of in Vitro Circuits toward the Synthesis of Artificial Cells
6. Artificial DNA Structures and Systems for in Vitro Synthetic Biology
7. Mathematical Modeling Supports the Development and Analysis of in Vitro Systems
8. Concluding Remarks
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Jeong, D.; Klocke, M.; Agarwal, S.; Kim, J.; Choi, S.; Franco, E.; Kim, J. Cell-Free Synthetic Biology Platform for Engineering Synthetic Biological Circuits and Systems. Methods Protoc. 2019, 2, 39. https://doi.org/10.3390/mps2020039
Jeong D, Klocke M, Agarwal S, Kim J, Choi S, Franco E, Kim J. Cell-Free Synthetic Biology Platform for Engineering Synthetic Biological Circuits and Systems. Methods and Protocols. 2019; 2(2):39. https://doi.org/10.3390/mps2020039
Chicago/Turabian StyleJeong, Dohyun, Melissa Klocke, Siddharth Agarwal, Jeongwon Kim, Seungdo Choi, Elisa Franco, and Jongmin Kim. 2019. "Cell-Free Synthetic Biology Platform for Engineering Synthetic Biological Circuits and Systems" Methods and Protocols 2, no. 2: 39. https://doi.org/10.3390/mps2020039