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Published on: December 1, 2017
[Synthetic biology and rearrangements of microbial genetic material]
Quan-Feng Liang1, Qian Wang, Qing-Sheng Qi
1Shandong University, Jinan, China. liangquanfeng@sdu.edu.cn
Abstract:
As an emerging discipline, synthetic biology has shown great scientific values and application prospects. Although there have been many reviews of various aspects on synthetic biology over the last years, this article, for the first time, attempted to discuss the relationship and difference between microbial genetics and synthetic biology. We summarized the recent development of synthetic biology in rearranging microbial genetic materials, including synthesis, design and reduction of genetic materials, standardization of genetic parts and modularization of genetic circuits. The relationship between synthetic biology and microbial genetic engineering was also discussed in the paper.
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