Shape-morphing living composites.
Sci Adv
; 6(3): eaax8582, 2020 01.
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| ID: mdl-32010767
ABSTRACT
This work establishes a means to exploit genetic networks to create living synthetic composites that change shape in response to specific biochemical or physical stimuli. Baker's yeast embedded in a hydrogel forms a responsive material where cellular proliferation leads to a controllable increase in the composite volume of up to 400%. Genetic manipulation of the yeast enables composites where volume change on exposure to l-histidine is 14× higher than volume change when exposed to d-histidine or other amino acids. By encoding an optogenetic switch into the yeast, spatiotemporally controlled shape change is induced with pulses of dim blue light (2.7 mW/cm2). These living, shape-changing materials may enable sensors or medical devices that respond to highly specific cues found within a biological milieu.
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Asunto principal:
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
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Redes Reguladoras de Genes
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En
Revista:
Sci Adv
Año:
2020
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Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos