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Article: Engineered proteins will lead to "synthetic biology".
- Article from:
- Proteomics Weekly
- Article date:
- May 26, 2003
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2003 MAY 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Duke University Medical Center biochemists have developed a computational method to design proteins that can specifically detect a wide array of chemicals from TNT to brain chemicals involved in neurological disorders.
In a paper in the May 8, 2003, issue of the journal Nature, they demonstrated the breadth of their design method, and also that such sensor proteins can be reincorporated into cells to activate cellular signaling and genetic pathways.
The researchers said their achievement constitutes an important step toward a new technology of "synthetic biology," in which scientists construct tailor-made ...