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SUBMITTER: Booth MJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4820383 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Booth Michael J MJ Schild Vanessa Restrepo VR Graham Alexander D AD Olof Sam N SN Bayley Hagan H
Science advances 20160401 4
We have previously used three-dimensional (3D) printing to prepare tissue-like materials in which picoliter aqueous compartments are separated by lipid bilayers. These printed droplets are elaborated into synthetic cells by using a tightly regulated in vitro transcription/translation system. A light-activated DNA promoter has been developed that can be used to turn on the expression of any gene within the synthetic cells. We used light activation to express protein pores in 3D-printed patterns w ...[more]