An Introduction to BioBricks

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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 BBa_0034 within a plasmid. The yellow arrow represents the plasmid's antibiotic resistance gene and the green arrow, its origin of replication. For more information see:

Building BioBrick Systems

Physical parts in the DNA Repository have been designed to be assembled into systems using normal cloning techniques based on restriction enzymes, purification, ligation, and transformation - with a twist: BioBrick parts are composable. The result of assembling two parts is a new part that may be used in future assemblies.

Standard Assembly
The classical method of BioBrick assembly, done at the lab bench.
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Automated Assembly
Automated assembly, currently in late stage development at iGEM labs.
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How do I make a BioBrick?

At the bench

Pic of biobrick flanked by coding seq

Methods:

  • Synthesis
  • PCR

More information on putting sequence into standardized Biobrick form can be found here

Adding the part to the registry

This protocol is quick and easy. A comprehensive guide can be found here