Synthetic biology handbook / [editor], Darren N. Nesbeth, University College London, UK. -- Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, c2016. – (58.2073 /S993)

Contents

Preface  vii

Introduction  ix

Editor  xv

Contributors  xvii

Section I  Standardising Biology

1. Synthetic Biology: Culture and Bioethical Considerations  3

2. Synthetic Biology Standards and Methods of DNA Assembly  35

3. Standardised Genetic Output Measurement  67

Section II  Engineering Biology with Legacy Tools

4. Bacterial Cells as Engineered Chassis  101

5. Eukaryotae Synthetica: Synthetic Biology in Yeast, Microalgae and Mammalian Cells

6. Synthetic Plants  183

Section III  Constructing New Biologies

7. Theory and Construction of Semi-Synthetic Minimal Cells  209

8. Design Tools for Synthetic Biology  259

9. New Genetic Codes  281

Index  307