Xenobiology for the Biocontainment of Synthetic Organisms: Opportunities and Challenges
Since the development of recombinant DNA technologies, the need to establish biosafety and biosecurity measures to control genetically modified organisms has been clear. Auxotrophies, or conditional suicide switches, have been used as firewalls to avoid horizontal or vertical gene transfer, but thei...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2024-08-01
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| Series: | Life |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/14/8/996 |