Chemical synthetic biology / editors, Pier Luigi Luisi and Cristiano Chiarabelli.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Luisi, P. L.

Chiarabelli, Cristiano.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biomolecules--Synthesis.

Biochemistry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (390 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. : Wiley, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Chemistry plays a very important role in the emerging field of synthetic biology. In particular, chemical synthetic biology is concerned with the synthesis of chemical structures, such as proteins, that do not exist in nature. With contributions from leading international experts, Chemical Synthetic Biology shows how chemistry underpins synthetic biology. The book is an essential guide to this fascinating new field, and will find a place on the bookshelves of researchers and students working in synthetic chemistry, synthetic and molecular biology, bioengineering, systems biology, comput

Contents:

Chemical Synthetic Biology; Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction; Part One: Nucleic Acids; 1: Searching for Nucleic Acid Alternatives; 2: Never-Born RNAs : Versatile Modules for Chemical Synthetic Biology; 3: Synthetic Biology, Tinkering Biology, and Artificial Biology: A Perspective from Chemistry; 4: Peptide Nucleic Acids ( PNAs) as a Tool in Chemical Biology; Part Two: Peptides and Proteins; 5: High Solubility of Random-Sequence Proteins Consisting of Five Kinds of Primitive Amino Acids; 6: Experimental Approach for Early Evolution of Protein Function

7: Searching for de novo Totally Random Amino Acid SequencesPart Three: Complex Systems; 8: Synthetic Genetic Codes as the Basis of Synthetic Life; 9: Toward Safe Genetically Modified Organisms through the Chemical Diversification of Nucleic Acids; 10: The Minimal Ribosome; 11: Semi-Synthetic Minimal Living Cells; Part Four: General Problems; 12: Replicators: Components for Systems Chemistry; 13: Dealing with the Outer Reaches of Synthetic Biology Biosafety, Biosecurity, IPR, and Ethical Challenges of Chemical Synthetic Biology

14: The Synthetic Approach in Biology: Epistemological Notes for Synthetic BiologyIndex; Color Plates

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-283-37387-4

9786613373878

0-470-97788-4

0-470-97787-6

OCLC:

705353426