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SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY-BOOK
卷 60, 期 4, 页码 325-336出版社
PORTLAND PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.1042/EBC20160037
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- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/L01386X/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- BBSRC [BB/L01386X/1] Funding Source: UKRI
Biological systems exhibit complex behaviours that emerge at many different levels of organization. These span the regulation of gene expression within single cells to the use of quorum sensing to co-ordinate the action of entire bacterial colonies. Synthetic biology aims to make the engineering of biology easier, offering an opportunity to control natural systems and develop new synthetic systems with useful prescribed behaviours. However, in many cases, it is not understood how individual cells should be programmed to ensure the emergence of a required collective behaviour. Agent-based modelling aims to tackle this problem, offering a framework in which to simulate such systems and explore cellular design rules. In this article, I review the use of agent-based models in synthetic biology, outline the available computational tools, and provide details on recently engineered biological systems that are amenable to this approach. I further highlight the challenges facing this methodology and some of the potential future directions.
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