A constructive debate

Jay D. Keasling (), Abraham Mendoza and Phil S. Baran ()
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Jay D. Keasling: University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA. He is also at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and at the Joint BioEnergy Institute in California.
Abraham Mendoza: The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.
Phil S. Baran: The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.

Nature, 2012, vol. 492, issue 7428, 188-189

Abstract: Synthetic chemistry has long been used to prepare useful compounds — especially those that are hard to obtain from natural sources. But synthetic biology is coming of age as an alternative strategy. A biologist and two chemists debate the merits of their fields' synthetic prowess.

Date: 2012
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