Phillip Samayoa: M13 Renovation

Question 3
While I do not think BBa_M1307 is a "standard biological part," I do think that it belongs in the registry. This "part" seems to fit the description of a device much better than a standard part. This is because the single stranded genome that it packages is composed of various different parts that together form a functional, plasmid-propagating phage. I might argue that the Kan resistant gene itself would be a standard part that forms one necessary component of the overall encoded system. But the entire sequence does not embody the idea of a part in the sense that it cannot be seamlessly inserted into a larger device to serve a particular, clear-defined function.