The ability to evolve is a key characteristic that distinguishes living things from non-living
chemical compounds. The construction of an evolvable cell-like system entirely from non …

The division of Escherichia coli is an essential process strictly regulated in time and space. It
requires the association of FtsZ with other proteins to assemble a dynamic ring during …

Realization of a functional artificial cell, the so-called protocell, is a major challenge posed
by synthetic biology. A subsequent goal is to use the protocellular units for the bottom-up …

To facilitate the construction of cell-free genetic devices, we evaluated the ability of 17
different fluorescent proteins to give easily detectable fluorescence signals in real-time from …

As interest shifts from individual molecules to systems of molecules, an increasing number of
laboratories have sought to build from the bottom up cellular mimics that better represent the …