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BioBricks are a set of interchangable parts, designed with a view to building biological systems in living cells. The picture to the left shows BioBrick part [[Part:BBa_B0034|BBa_0034]] within a [[Help:Plasmids|plasmid]]. The yellow arrow represents the plasmid's antibiotic resistance gene and the green arrow, its origin of replication.  For more information see:
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*[[Part Names|BioBrick Names]]
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*[[Part Types|Types of BioBrick]]
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*[[Help:Plasmids/Construction Plasmids|Plasmids Introduction]]
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==Building BioBrick Systems==
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BioBrick parts can be assembled to form useful devices, through a process often refeed to as 'Standard Assembly' This uses normal cloning techniques based on [[Assembly:Restriction enzymes|restriction enzymes]], purification, ligation, and transformation. BioBrick parts are [[Assembly:Composable|composable]]; allowing endless numbers of biobricks to be pieced together to form higher systems.
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The assembly to the left shows 3 BioBricks assembled to create a simple device. You can learn more about this device by following the link to its associated page in the registry. You may like look into:
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*[[Assembly:Standard assembly|Standard Assembly]] - <i>The classical method of BioBrick assembly, done at the lab bench</i>
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*[[Assembly:Restriction enzymes|BioBrick Restriction Enzymes]]
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*[[Assembly:Rolling assembly|Rolling Assembly]]
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*[[Assembly:Robotic assembly| Automated assembly]] - <i>currently in late stage development at iGEM labs</i>
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==How do I make a BioBrick?==
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====At the bench====
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Pic of biobrick flanked by coding seq
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Methods:
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*Synthesis
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*PCR
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More information on putting sequence into standardized Biobrick form can be found [[Help:Standardization|here]]
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====Adding the part to the registry====
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This protocol is quick and easy. A comprehensive guide can be found [[Basic Biobrick, example 1|here]]
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Latest revision as of 20:22, 28 November 2007