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SUBMITTER: Cao Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6003419 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature biotechnology 20171009 11
Biological systems can generate microstructured materials that combine organic and inorganic components and possess diverse physical and chemical properties. However, these natural processes in materials fabrication are not readily programmable. Here, we use a synthetic-biology approach to assemble patterned materials. We demonstrate programmable fabrication of three-dimensional (3D) materials by printing engineered self-patterning bacteria on permeable membranes that serve as a structural scaff ...[more]