Premium
The First Artificial Cell—A Revolutionary Step in Synthetic Biology?
Author(s) -
Bornscheuer Uwe T.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201003393
Subject(s) - synthetic biology , biochemical engineering , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , nanotechnology , computational biology , engineering , materials science
It′s alive : The creation of an artificial self‐replicating microorganism ( Mycobacterium mycoides JCVIsyn1.0) from a chemically synthesized full‐length genome by the team of Craig Venter is without doubt a landmark achievement in synthetic biology. But will this technique revolutionize modern biotechnology and eventually lead to an alternative supply of energy, biofuels, and chemicals?