Engineering circular RNA for potent and stable translation in eukaryotic cells

Circular RNAs have recently been shown to have protein-coding potential. Here the authors design a self-splicing RNA that, when circularized, provides for stable high-yield protein production.

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Main Authors: R. Alexander Wesselhoeft, Piotr S. Kowalski, Daniel G. Anderson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05096-6
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spelling doaj-130b5ea301d3466e9d0a07fec763a18b2021-05-11T10:27:17ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232018-07-019111010.1038/s41467-018-05096-6Engineering circular RNA for potent and stable translation in eukaryotic cellsR. Alexander Wesselhoeft0Piotr S. Kowalski1Daniel G. Anderson2David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDavid H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCircular RNAs have recently been shown to have protein-coding potential. Here the authors design a self-splicing RNA that, when circularized, provides for stable high-yield protein production.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05096-6
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Engineering circular RNA for potent and stable translation in eukaryotic cells
Nature Communications
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title Engineering circular RNA for potent and stable translation in eukaryotic cells
title_short Engineering circular RNA for potent and stable translation in eukaryotic cells
title_full Engineering circular RNA for potent and stable translation in eukaryotic cells
title_fullStr Engineering circular RNA for potent and stable translation in eukaryotic cells
title_full_unstemmed Engineering circular RNA for potent and stable translation in eukaryotic cells
title_sort engineering circular rna for potent and stable translation in eukaryotic cells
publisher Nature Publishing Group
series Nature Communications
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publishDate 2018-07-01
description Circular RNAs have recently been shown to have protein-coding potential. Here the authors design a self-splicing RNA that, when circularized, provides for stable high-yield protein production.
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