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The BioBrick logic family is a set of interchangable components, designed with a view to building biological systems in living cells. The members of this family are designed to be compatible, composible, interchangeable and independent; in this way a new generation of biological engineers are building novel devices much in the way their electronically-orientated collegues might piece together transistors, resistors and capacitors. | The BioBrick logic family is a set of interchangable components, designed with a view to building biological systems in living cells. The members of this family are designed to be compatible, composible, interchangeable and independent; in this way a new generation of biological engineers are building novel devices much in the way their electronically-orientated collegues might piece together transistors, resistors and capacitors. | ||
| − | A BioBrick represents a unique sequence of DNA; it might be a gene that codes a protein or a switch triggered by an external input, it also has a unique [[Part Names|name]]. Whatever its [[Part Types|function]], a biobrick comes packaged in a [[Help:Plasmids|plasmid]], ready to be assembled into useful | + | A BioBrick represents a unique sequence of DNA; it might be a gene that codes a protein or a switch triggered by an external input, it also has a unique [[Part Names|name]]. Whatever its [[Part Types|function]], a biobrick comes packaged in a [[Help:Plasmids|plasmid]], ready to be assembled into useful devices & systems. |
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The BioBrick logic family is a set of interchangable components, designed with a view to building biological systems in living cells. The members of this family are designed to be compatible, composible, interchangeable and independent; in this way a new generation of biological engineers are building novel devices much in the way their electronically-orientated collegues might piece together transistors, resistors and capacitors.
A BioBrick represents a unique sequence of DNA; it might be a gene that codes a protein or a switch triggered by an external input, it also has a unique name. Whatever its function, a biobrick comes packaged in a plasmid, ready to be assembled into useful devices & systems.