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Synthetic Biology: Where Can I Find Suitable Databases and Literature?

Concrete insights into the field of work could be mentioned here:

(a) The GoSynthetic database (compares natural and engineered processes): Liang C,

Krüger B, Dandekar T (2013) GoSynthetic database tool to analyse natural and

engineered molecular processes. Database (Oxford) 2013:bat043. https://doi.

org/10.1093/database/bat043. PubMed PMID: 23,813,641; https://gosyn.bioapps.

biozentrum.uni-­wuerzburg.de.

(b) Our PCT application and description of nanocellulose computer chip: Dandekar T

(2015) Invention “Intelligent nanocellulose film for improved smart cards”

04/27/2015 File number DE 102015 005307.8 received. Dandekar T (2016)

Modified bacterial nanocellulose and its uses in chip cards and medicine PCT

U30719WO, published 3rd Nov 2016.

(c) However, it is also very exciting to work through the other references (Church,

Grass, Goldman) on the DNA topic or the current developments in the field of

nanocellulose: Dumanlı AG (2016) Nanocellulose and its composites for biomedi­

cal applications. Curr Med Chem. PubMed PMID: 27,758,719; Abitbol T, Rivkin

A, Cao Y et al (2016) Nanocellulose, a tiny fiber with huge applications. Curr Opin

Biotechnol 39: 76–88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2016.01.002. Review.

PubMed PMID: 26,930,621.

(d) It is even better to put this in perspective and comparison with similar new develop­

ments. This makes it even better clear that it is a general development that we will

soon have a new molecular technology between molecular biology, computational

biology, electronics and nanotechnology, which will start a new industrial revolu­

tion after the computer, from which we can greatly benefit. Important technologies

in this respect are in particular:

Optogenetics

Mühlhäuser WW, Fischer A, Weber W et al (2016) Optogenetics – bringing light into the

darkness of mammalian signal transduction. Biochim Biophys Acta 1864(2):280–292.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbamcr.2016.11.009. [Epub ahead of print] Review. PubMed

PMID: 27,845,208.

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