Advances in Synthetic Biology and Engineering in Plants
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Systems and Synthetic Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023) | Viewed by 567
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plant synthetic biology combines engineering principles with plant biology for the design and production of new devices. This emerging field will play a significant role in future agriculture practices, improving traditional crops and enabling plant bioproduction (pharmaceuticals, nutrients, and nutraceuticals).
Pioneering examples of synthetic biology approaches include sensors, metabolic pathways, plastids, synthetic genomes, and gene editing, which provide a foundation for designing, developing, and utilizing synthetic biology for the improvement of plant systems, benefiting both agriculture and therapeutics.
The rapidly developing field of plant synthetic biology has yielded tools allowing us to capitalize on the inventive chemistry of plants by transferring metabolic pathways for therapeutics into far more tenable plants, increasing our ability to produce complex pharmaceuticals in well-studied plant systems. Plant synthetic biology also provides methods allowing for the improved fortification of crops with nutrients and nutraceuticals. As more pathways are discovered and compound efficacies are tested, the potential for food enhancement will continue to grow, allowing us to further expand our ability to tailor crops.
This Special Issue welcomes studies examining the past successes, current status, and future challenges of plant synthetic biology in producing valuable therapeutics and enhancing the nutritive capacity of major crops, in addition to enabling the bioproduction of useful compounds and engineered plant pathways. Review articles and comments on the strengths and weaknesses of plants as a production platform are also encouraged.
Dr. Mauricio Antunes
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- plant synthetic biology
- synthetic sensors
- synthetic metabolic pathways
- synthetic genomes
- genetic circuits
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