Федеральное государственное бюджетное учреждение науки
Геологический институт им. Н.Л. Добрецова
Сибирского Отделения Российской академии наук
(ГИН СО РАН)
Мир Бурятия "Гравитация науки: Геологический институт БНЦ СО РАН"
Дайджест мировых новостей:
Tools for Life: What's Next for Cells Powered by Synthetic Genomes? [2010-08-12] The first microbe to live entirely by artificial genetic instructions began proliferating in a test tube in late March at the J. Craig Venter Institute in Rockville, Md. Venter and his colleagues built a synthetic genome for a strain of the Mycoplasma mycoides bacterium. The feat made headlines because it marked a major step in the creation of life in the laboratory. But it also demonstrated a refinement of the tools of genetic engineering that, the researchers hope, will eventually offer new insight into basic genetic processes and revolutionize biotechnology and drug development.
To make a working genome, Venter and his team stitched together various short iterations of man-made versions of nuclei bases (adenine, cytosine, guanine and thymine). They then inserted the final synthetic genome--a bit more than one million base pairs long but still simpler than the M. mycoides rsquo;s natural genome--into an existing M. caprico shy;lum cell. It booted up the natural cell rsquo;s machinery and busily set to work making proteins and, ultimately, dividing and thriving. Within three days the researchers found a blue colony of M. capricolum living as synthetically driven M. mycoides . ldquo;This is the first self-replicating cell on the planet to have a computer for a parent, rdquo; Venter quipped during a press briefing on May 20, the day the research was published online by Science .
[More] J. Craig Venter Institute - Craig Venter - Base pair - Mycoplasma - Cytosine www.sciam.com/
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