Towards a synthetic cell cycle

Lorenzo Olivi; Mareike Berger; Ramon N. P. Creyghton; Nicola De Franceschi; Cees Dekker; Bela M. Mulder; Nico J. Claassens; Pieter Rein ten Wolde; John van der Oost

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-24772-8

Nature Communications (Jul 2021)

Towards a synthetic cell cycle

Lorenzo Olivi,
Mareike Berger,
Ramon N. P. Creyghton,
Nicola De Franceschi,
Cees Dekker,
Bela M. Mulder,
Nico J. Claassens,
Pieter Rein ten Wolde,
John van der Oost

Affiliations

Lorenzo Olivi: Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University
Mareike Berger: Institute AMOLF
Ramon N. P. Creyghton: Institute AMOLF
Nicola De Franceschi: Department of Bionanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology
Cees Dekker: Department of Bionanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology
Bela M. Mulder: Institute AMOLF
Nico J. Claassens: Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University
Pieter Rein ten Wolde: Institute AMOLF
John van der Oost: Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24772-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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A key feature of living cells is the cell cycle. In this Perspective, the authors explore attempts to recreate this process and what is still required for an integrated synthetic cell cycle.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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