Programming Languages for Circuit Design
- Michael Pedersen ,
- Boyan Yordanov
in Computational Methods in Synthetic Biology, Methods in Molecular Biology
Published by Springer | 2014, Vol 1244 | Computational Methods in Synthetic Biology, Methods in Molecular Biology edition
This chapter provides an overview of a programming language for Genetic Engineering of Cells (GEC). A GEC program specifies a genetic circuit at a high level of abstraction through constraints on otherwise unspecified DNA parts. The GEC compiler then selects parts which satisfy the constraints from a given parts database. GEC further provides more conventional programming language constructs for abstraction, e.g., through modularity. The GEC language and compiler is available through a Web tool which also provides functionality, e.g., for simulation of designed circuits.