Synthetic Biology: A Novel Approach for the Construction of Industrial Microorganisms
The recent achievement of synthesising a functioning bacterial chromosome marks a coming of age for engineering living organisms. In the future this should allow the construction of novel organisms to help solve the problems facing the human race, including health care, food, energy and environmenta...
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| author | Antonio Starcevic Jurica Zucko Juan Diego Rojas Janko Diminic Damir Baranasic Ranko Gacesa Gabriel Padilla Paul F. Long John Cullum Daslav Hranueli |
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| description | The recent achievement of synthesising a functioning bacterial chromosome marks a coming of age for engineering living organisms. In the future this should allow the construction of novel organisms to help solve the problems facing the human race, including health care, food, energy and environmental protection. In this minireview, the current state of the field is described and the role of synthetic biology in biotechnology in the short and medium term is discussed. It is particularly aimed at the needs of food technologists, nutritionists and other biotechnologists, who might not be aware of the potential significance of synthetic biology to the research and development in their fields. The potential of synthetic biology to produce interesting new polyketide compounds is discussed in detail. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ca002933408a4464a5b3ae36a1455d682023-12-02T09:15:05ZengUniversity of Zagreb Faculty of Food Technology and BiotechnologyFood Technology and Biotechnology1330-98621334-26062013-01-01511311Synthetic Biology: A Novel Approach for the Construction of Industrial MicroorganismsAntonio Starcevic0Jurica Zucko1Juan Diego Rojas2Janko Diminic3Damir Baranasic4Ranko Gacesa5Gabriel Padilla6Paul F. Long7John Cullum8Daslav Hranueli9Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, CroatiaFaculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, CroatiaInstitute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo SP-CEP 05508-900, BrasilFaculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, CroatiaFaculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, CroatiaFaculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, CroatiaInstitute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo SP-CEP 05508-900, BrasilKing’s College, University of London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, UKDepartment of Genetics, University of Kaiserslautern, Postfach 3049, DE-67653 Kaiserslautern, GermanyFaculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, CroatiaThe recent achievement of synthesising a functioning bacterial chromosome marks a coming of age for engineering living organisms. In the future this should allow the construction of novel organisms to help solve the problems facing the human race, including health care, food, energy and environmental protection. In this minireview, the current state of the field is described and the role of synthetic biology in biotechnology in the short and medium term is discussed. It is particularly aimed at the needs of food technologists, nutritionists and other biotechnologists, who might not be aware of the potential significance of synthetic biology to the research and development in their fields. The potential of synthetic biology to produce interesting new polyketide compounds is discussed in detail.http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/146488molecular biotechnologyindustrial microorganismsDNA synthesishomologous recombination, recombinant gene clusters |
| spellingShingle | Antonio Starcevic Jurica Zucko Juan Diego Rojas Janko Diminic Damir Baranasic Ranko Gacesa Gabriel Padilla Paul F. Long John Cullum Daslav Hranueli Synthetic Biology: A Novel Approach for the Construction of Industrial Microorganisms Food Technology and Biotechnology molecular biotechnology industrial microorganisms DNA synthesis homologous recombination , recombinant gene clusters |
| title | Synthetic Biology: A Novel Approach for the Construction of Industrial Microorganisms |
| title_full | Synthetic Biology: A Novel Approach for the Construction of Industrial Microorganisms |
| title_fullStr | Synthetic Biology: A Novel Approach for the Construction of Industrial Microorganisms |
| title_full_unstemmed | Synthetic Biology: A Novel Approach for the Construction of Industrial Microorganisms |
| title_short | Synthetic Biology: A Novel Approach for the Construction of Industrial Microorganisms |
| title_sort | synthetic biology a novel approach for the construction of industrial microorganisms |
| topic | molecular biotechnology industrial microorganisms DNA synthesis homologous recombination , recombinant gene clusters |
| url | http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/146488 |
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