In vitro phospholipid biosynthesis for growing and dividing minimal cells

Doctoral thesis (2016)

Authors

A.D.D. Scott BN/Christophe Danelon Lab - AS
Research Group
BN/Christophe Danelon Lab (AS) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2016 A.D.D. Scott
DOI
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https://doi.org/10.4233/uuid:25cfdc64-409c-4a5f-a571-8c643d87820d
Minimal cell Liposome growth Liposome division In vitro Lipid synthesis
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Published Date

2016

Language

English

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Faculty

Applied Sciences

Department

BN/Bionanoscience

Research Group

BN/Christophe Danelon Lab

Abstract

Natural life is extraordinarily complex, which by definition means that it has many interconnected and functioning parts. The goal of synthetic biology is to engineer living systems, though due to their very complexity they remain recalcitrant to engineering. What if it were possible to reduce the complexity to a finite amount of parts that are well understood and therefore possible to manipulate. That is the motivation for constructing a so called minimal cell.