Synthetic mycoides
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Short description: Artificial life form created at the J. Craig Venter Institute
Synthetic mycoides refers to an artificial life form created by Craig Venter at the J Craig Venter Institute in May 2010.[1] A synthetic genome was transferred into an empty cell to form the bacterium, which was capable of self replication and functioned solely from the transferred chromosomes.[2]
References
- ↑ Gibson, Daniel G.; Glass, John I.; Lartigue, Carole; Noskov, Vladimir N.; Chuang, Ray-Yuan; Algire, Mikkel A. (2 July 2010). "Creation of a Bacterial Cell Controlled by a Chemically Synthesized Genome". Science 329 (5987): 52–56. doi:10.1126/science.1190719. PMID 20488990. Bibcode: 2010Sci...329...52G.
- ↑ BBC news, "Artificial life" breakthrough announced by scientists, Victoria Gill. Retrieved 20 May 2010. [1]
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