January 2012
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geek out :: CGI animation of DNA →
Best animation/depiction I’ve seen of basic genetic processes: packaging, transcription, translation, and all in real time (sic). If you’re rusty, unclear, or happen to run on DNA, have a look.
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E. coli engineered to convert alga into ethanol
UCBerkeley Bio Architecture Lab splice 36 kb of Vibrio splendidus DNA into E. coli, allowing it to convert brown macroalgae (e.g. kelp seaweed) sugars into bioethanol at near 80% efficiency.
The novel Vibrio DNA gives E. coli a new path, allowing it to break down, import and metabolise the polysaccharides that make up the algal cell wall, then separately engineered genes convert the...