INDUSTRIAL SCALE GENE SYNTHESIS

Notka, Frank and Liss, Michael and Wagner, Ralf (2011) INDUSTRIAL SCALE GENE SYNTHESIS. In: UNSPECIFIED Methods in Enzymology,, 498 . ELSEVIER ACADEMIC PRESS INC, SAN DIEGO, pp. 247-275. ISBN 978-0-12-385120-8

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Abstract

The most recent developments in the area of deep DNA sequencing and downstream quantitative and functional analysis are rapidly adding a new dimension to understanding biochemical pathways and metabolic interdependencies. These increasing insights pave the way to designing new strategies that address public needs, including environmental applications and therapeutic inventions, or novel cell factories for sustainable and reconcilable energy or chemicals sources. Adding yet another level is building upon nonnaturally occurring networks and pathways. Recent developments in synthetic biology have created economic and reliable options for designing and synthesizing genes, operons, and eventually complete genomes. Meanwhile, high-throughput design and synthesis of extremely comprehensive DNA sequences have evolved into an enabling technology already indispensable in various life science sectors today. Here, we describe the industrial perspective of modern gene synthesis and its relationship with synthetic biology. Gene synthesis contributed significantly to the emergence of synthetic biology by not only providing the genetic material in high quality and quantity but also enabling its assembly, according to engineering design principles, in a standardized format. Synthetic biology on the other hand, added the need for assembling complex circuits and large complexes, thus fostering the development of appropriate methods and expanding the scope of applications. Synthetic biology has also stimulated interdisciplinary collaboration as well as integration of the broader public by addressing socioeconomic, philosophical, ethical, political, and legal opportunities and concerns. The demand-driven technological achievements of gene synthesis and the implemented processes are exemplified by an industrial setting of large-scale gene synthesis, describing production from order to delivery.

Item Type: Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords: IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS TYPE-1; ESCHERICHIA-COLI; CHEMICAL-SYNTHESIS; BIOLOGICAL PARTS; CLONING; EXPRESSION; PROTEIN; PCR; DESIGN; DNA;
Subjects: 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine
Divisions: Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene
Depositing User: Dr. Gernot Deinzer
Date Deposited: 22 Jul 2020 10:25
Last Modified: 22 Jul 2020 10:25
URI: https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/21697

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