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So build a lipid membrane, insert some DNA from a bacteria in there, and it will just function? Sounds like they missed explaining how the membrane will extract
by jaequery 8y ago
So build a lipid membrane, insert some DNA from a bacteria in there, and it will just function? Sounds like they missed explaining how the membrane will extract and execute the instructions from the DNA... which in itself is a huge question mark.
- aaavl2821 8y agoThey mentioned they included some cellular machinery involved in transcription and translation, and were able to show that "cells" produced fluorescent protein in response to an environmental trigger
- nine_k 8y ago"Bacteria have no cytophysiology, only chemistry", as someone said. But of course you'll need some transcription enzymes to make RNA and then proteins, and plenty of raw amino acids floating around.