Journal article
Engineering in complex systems.
- 2010-08-17
Published in:
- Current opinion in biotechnology. - 2010
English
The implementation of the engineering design cycle of measure, model, manipulate would drastically enhance the success rate of biotechnological designs. Recent progress for the three elements suggests that the scope of the traditional engineering paradigm in biotechnology is expanding. Substantial advances were made in dynamic in vivo analysis of metabolism, which is essential for the accurate prediction of metabolic pathway behavior. Novel methods that require variable degrees of system knowledge facilitate metabolic system manipulation. The combinatorial testing of pre-characterized parts is particularly promising, because it can profit from automation and limits the search space. Finally, conceptual advances in orthogonalizing cells should enhance the reliability of engineering designs in the future. Coupled to improved in silico models of metabolism, these advances should allow a more rational design of metabolic systems.
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- English
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- closed
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- DOI 10.1016/j.copbio.2010.07.007
- PMID 20708402
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/217072
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