Multiplexed Engineering in Biology

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• 作者：Jameson K. Rogers¹ ; George M. Church¹ ; ^{gchurch@genetics.med.harvard.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：biotechnology ; directed evolution ; screens ; selections ; metabolic engineering
• 刊名：Trends in Biotechnology
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：March 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：34
• 期：3
• 页码：198-206
• 全文大小：1604 K

文摘

Biotechnology is the manufacturing technology of the future. However, engineering biology is complex, and many possible genetic designs must be evaluated to find cells that produce high levels of a desired drug or chemical. Recent advances have enabled the design and construction of billions of genetic variants per day, but evaluation capacity remains limited to thousands of variants per day. Here we evaluate biological engineering through the lens of the design–build–test cycle framework and highlight the role that multiplexing has had in transforming the design and build steps. We describe a multiplexed solution to the ‘test’ step that is enabled by new research. Achieving a multiplexed test step will permit a fully multiplexed engineering cycle and boost the throughput of biobased product development by up to a millionfold.