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- Title
Synthetic biology: Synchronized bacterial clocks.
- Authors
Fussenegger, Martin
- Abstract
The article reports on the application of circuitry to form time delays which acted as pulse generators and construct various synthetic oscillators in Escherichia coli (E. coli). It notes the exploitation of quorum sensing to achieve the synchronicity in third generation of clocks. It cites that quorum sensing is a communication system that promotes occurrence of bacterial behaviour. It mentions that bacterial clocks auto-synchronize and self-adjust the oscillators in peripheral tissues. Moreover, naturally occurring time-keeping process at molecular level might improve insights on sleeping, learning, and motor coordination disorders.
- Subjects
TIME delay systems; AUDIO-frequency oscillators; ESCHERICHIA coli; QUORUM sensing; BACTERIA behavior; COINCIDENCE; PERIPHERAL circulation; MOLECULAR biology; TIME clocks
- Publication
Nature, 2010, Vol 463, Issue 7279, p301
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/463301a