References

  1. N. Amara, B.P. Krom, G.F. Kaufmann & M.M. Meijler (2011): Macromolecular inhibition of quorum sensing: enzymes, antibodies, and beyond. Chemical Reviews 111, pp. 195–208, doi:10.1021/cr100101c.
  2. L. Cronin, N. Krasnogor, B.G. Davis, C. Alexander, N. Robertson, J.H. Steinke, S.L. Schroeder, A.N. Khlobystov, G. Cooper, P.M. Gardner, P. Siepmann, B.J. Whitaker & D. Marsh (2006): The imitation game: a computational chemical approach to recognizing life. Nature Biotechnology 24(10), pp. 1203–1206, doi:10.1038/nbt1006-1203.
  3. L. Damiano (2012): Co-emergences in life and science: a double proposal for biological emergentism. Synthese 185(2), pp. 273–294, doi:10.1007/s11229-010-9725-3.
  4. D. Endy (2005): Foundations for engineering biology. Nature 438(7067), pp. 449–453, doi:10.1038/nature04342..
  5. P.M. Gardner, K. Winzer & B.G. Davis (2009): Sugar synthesis in a protocellular model leads to a cell signalling response in bacteria. Nature Chemistry 1(5), pp. 377–383, doi:10.1038/nchem.296.
  6. H. Kita, T. Matsuura, T. Sunami, K. Hosoda, N. Ichihashi, K. Tsukada, I. Urabe I & T. Yomo (2008): Replication of genetic information with self-encoded replicasein liposomes.. ChemBio-Chem 9(15), pp. 2403–2410, doi:10.1002/cbic.200800360.
  7. S. Kobori, N. Ichihashi, Y. Kazuta & T. Yomo (2013): A controllable gene expression system in liposomes that includes a positive feedback loop.. Molecular Biosystems 9(15), pp. 2403–2410, doi:10.1039/c3mb70032a.
  8. Y. Kuruma, P. Stano, T. Ueda & P.L. Luisi (2009): A synthetic biology approach to the construction of membrane proteins in semi-synthetic minimal cells. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1788(2), pp. 567–574, doi:10.1016/j.bbamem.2008.10.017.
  9. P.R. LeDuc, M.S. Wong, P.M. Ferreira, R.E. Groff, K. Haslinger, M.P. Koonce, W.Y. Lee, J.C. Love, J.A. McCammon, N.A. Monteiro-Riviere, V.M. Rotello, G.W. Rubloff, R. Westervelt & M. Yoda (2007): Towards an in vivo biologically inspired nanofactory. Nature Nanotechnology 2(1), pp. 3–7, doi:10.1038/nnano.2006.180.
  10. V. De Lorenzo (2011): Beware of metaphors: chasses and orthogonality in synthetic biology. Bioengineered Bugs 2(1), pp. 3–7, doi:10.4161/bbug.2.1.13388.
  11. P.L. Luisi, M. Allegretti, T. Souza, F. Steineger, A. Fahr & P. Stano (2010): Spontaneous protein crowding in liposomes: a new vista for the origin of cellular metabolism. ChemBioChemy 11(14), pp. 1989–1992, doi:10.1002/cbic.201000381.
  12. P.L. Luisi, F. Ferri & P. Stano (2006): Approaches to semi-synthetic minimal cells: a review. Die Naturwissenschaften 93(1), pp. 1–13, doi:10.1007/s00114-005-0056-z.
  13. R.M. Maier (2003): Biosurfactants: evolution and diversity in bacteria. Advances in Applied Microbiology 52, pp. 101–121, doi:10.1016/S0065-2164(03)01004-9.
  14. H. Maturana & F. Varela (1992): The tree of knowledge. Shambhala, Boston.
  15. A. Montebelli, R. Lowe & T. Ziemke (2009): The cognitive body: from dynamic modulation to anticipation. In: G. Pezzulo, M. Butz, O. Sigaud & G. Baldassarre: Anticipatory Behavior in Adaptive Learning Systems. Springer, Berlin, pp. 132–151, doi:10.1007/978-3-642-02565-5_8.
  16. T. Nakano, M. Moore, A. Enomoto & T. Suda (2011): Molecular communication technology as a biological ICT. In: H. Sawai: Biological functions for information and communication technologies, studies in computational intelligence. Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 49–86, doi:10.1007/978-3-642-15102-62.
  17. S. Pautot, B.J. Frisken & D.A. Weitz (2003): Production of unilamellar vesicles using an inverted emulsion. Langmuir 19(7), pp. 2870–2879, doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2012.02.029.
  18. L.L. Pontani, J. Van der Gucht, G. Salbreux, J. Heuvingh, J.F. Joanny & C. Sykes (2009): Reconstitution of an actin cortex inside a liposome. Biophysical Journal 96(1), pp. 192–198, doi:10.1016/j.bpj.2008.09.029.
  19. J. Sambrook, E.F. Fritsch & T. Maniatis (1987): Molecular cloning: a laboratory manual. 2nd Ed.. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY..
  20. Y. Shimizu, A. Inoue, Y. Tomari, T. Suzuki, T. Yokogawa, K. Nishikawa & T. Ueda (2001): Cell-free translation reconstituted with purified components. Nature Biotechnology 19(8), pp. 751–755, doi:10.1038/90802.
  21. J. Shin & V. Noireaux (2012): An E. coli cell-free expression toolbox: application to synthetic gene circuits and artificial cells. ACS Synthetic Biology 1(1), pp. 29–41, doi:10.1021/sb200016s.
  22. A.C. Slocum, D.C. Downey & R.D. Beer (2000): Further Experiments in the Evolution of Minimally Cognitive Behavior: From Perceiving Affordances to Selective Attention. In: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior, Sept. 11-15, 2000, Paris, France..
  23. J. Smaldon, F.J Romero-Campero, F. Fern‡ndez Trillo, M. Gheorghe, C. Alexander & N. Krasnogor (2010): A computational study of liposome logic: towards cellular computing from the bottom up. System and Synthetic Biology 4(3), pp. 157–179, doi:10.1007/s11693-010-9060-5.
  24. P. Stano, G. Rampioni, P. Carrara, L. Damiano, L. Leoni & P.L. Luisi (2012): Semi-synthetic minimal cells as a tool for biochemical ICT. Biosystems 109(1), pp. 24–34, doi:10.1016/j.biosystems.2012.01.002.
  25. P. Stano, G. Rampioni, F. Damiano, F. DÕAngelo, P. Carrara, L. Leoni & P.L. Luisi (2012): Experimental perspectives for a chemical communication between synthetic and natural cells. In: S. Cagnoni, M. Mirolli & M. Villani: Proceedings of the Italian Workshop on Artificial Life and Evolutionary Computation WIVACE (Parma, 20-21 February 2012), pp. 1–12.
  26. R.W. Titball (1998): Bacterial phospholipases. Journal of Applied Microbiology (Symposium Series) 85(S1), pp. 127–137, doi:10.1046/j.1365-2672.1998.0840s1127S.x.
  27. E. Tuci (2009): An investigation of the evolutionary origin of reciprocal communication using simulated autonomous agents. Biol Cybern 101(3), pp. 183–199, doi:10.1007/s00422-009-0329-2.
  28. W. Yu, K. Sato, M. Wakabayashi, T. Nakaishi, E.P. Ko-Mitamura, Y. Shima, I. Urabe & T. Yomo (2001): Synthesis of functional protein in liposome. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering 92(6), pp. 590–593, doi:10.1016/S1389-1723(01)80322-4.

Comments and questions to: eptcs@eptcs.org
For website issues: webmaster@eptcs.org