DNA segregation is a fundamental life process, crucial for renewal, reproduction and propagation of all forms of life. Hence, a dedicated segregation machinery, a segrosome, must function reliably also in the context of a minimal cell. Conceptionally, the development of such a minimal cell follows a minimalistic approach, aiming at engineering a synthetic entity only consisting of the essential key elements necessary for a cell to survive. In this thesis, various prokaryotic segregation systems were explored as possible candidates for a minimal segrosome. Such a minimal segrosome could be applied for the rational design of biomimetic systems including, but not limited to, a minimal cell. DNA segregation systems of type I (ParABS) and type I...
Life must have started with lower degree of complexity and connectivity. This statement readily trig...
Our understanding of life is essentially shaped by the concept of Darwinian evolution. In fact, the ...
All organisms, from bacteria to humans, face the daunting task of replicating, packaging and segrega...
DNA segregation is a fundamental life process, crucial for renewal, reproduction and propagation of ...
A biomimetic system capable of replication and segregation of genetic material constitutes an essent...
The creation of self-replicating minimal cells is a major goal in synthetic biology and origin of li...
Specialized mechanisms involved in chromosome segregation, septum placement, and chromosome dimer r...
Cellular reproduction is one of the fundamental hallmarks of life. Therefore, the development of a m...
Faithful segregation of replicated genomes to dividing daughter cells is a major hallmark of cellula...
Biological cell populations, such as in tissues or microbial communities, are constantly subject to ...
A central undertaking in synthetic biology (SB) is the quest for the ‘minimal genome’. However, ‘min...
One of the primary challenges facing synthetic biology is reconstituting a living system from its co...
"Synthetic biology" is a concept that has developed together with, or slightly after, "systems biolo...
A biomimetic system capable of replication and segregation of genetic material constitutes an essent...
As a key focus of synthetic biology, building a minimal artificial cell has given rise to many discu...
Life must have started with lower degree of complexity and connectivity. This statement readily trig...
Our understanding of life is essentially shaped by the concept of Darwinian evolution. In fact, the ...
All organisms, from bacteria to humans, face the daunting task of replicating, packaging and segrega...
DNA segregation is a fundamental life process, crucial for renewal, reproduction and propagation of ...
A biomimetic system capable of replication and segregation of genetic material constitutes an essent...
The creation of self-replicating minimal cells is a major goal in synthetic biology and origin of li...
Specialized mechanisms involved in chromosome segregation, septum placement, and chromosome dimer r...
Cellular reproduction is one of the fundamental hallmarks of life. Therefore, the development of a m...
Faithful segregation of replicated genomes to dividing daughter cells is a major hallmark of cellula...
Biological cell populations, such as in tissues or microbial communities, are constantly subject to ...
A central undertaking in synthetic biology (SB) is the quest for the ‘minimal genome’. However, ‘min...
One of the primary challenges facing synthetic biology is reconstituting a living system from its co...
"Synthetic biology" is a concept that has developed together with, or slightly after, "systems biolo...
A biomimetic system capable of replication and segregation of genetic material constitutes an essent...
As a key focus of synthetic biology, building a minimal artificial cell has given rise to many discu...
Life must have started with lower degree of complexity and connectivity. This statement readily trig...
Our understanding of life is essentially shaped by the concept of Darwinian evolution. In fact, the ...
All organisms, from bacteria to humans, face the daunting task of replicating, packaging and segrega...