Abstract
In 1977, a small group of researchers in California changed the world when they wrangled a common gut bacterium into producing a human protein. Using every technique in the book - and inventing some of their own - they scavenged, snipped, and glued together genetic components to synthesize a tiny filament of DNA. They then inserted the new segment into some Escherichia coli cells, tricking them into making the human hormone somatostatin.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 5719724 |
Pages (from-to) | 38-43 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | IEEE Spectrum |
Volume | 48 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 2011 |
Keywords
- Biological information theory
- DNA
- Genetics
- Logic gates
- Proteins
- RNA
- Research and development
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering