Click Biology: How to Click and Play to Explore Biology
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Blog Post
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Oct. 21, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
...the best performance in the most contexts (Figure 1). Together the features with optimal biological performance...described as Click Biology (Howarth, 2025).
Figure 1: Modular assembly tools, alongside criteria for Click...tools can be found in Addgene's repository (Table 1).
Figure 2: Adding function to My Favorite ...coupling. Created with BioRender.com.
Table 1: A handful of Click Biology tools available at Addgene... intein; N-terminal CLm and C-terminal Aes
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Split inteins
A small, fast split intein
SpyTag003...of the coupling system include:
Wide fusion-tolerance — Click Biology tags should be similarly useful...parts in the micromolar or nanomolar concentration range.
Reactions to happen under lots of conditions ...