Programmed hierarchical patterning of bacterial populations
Biological self-organization uses hierarchical induction of gene expression but this has not been exploited by synthetic biology. Here the authors use an AND gate based on a split T7 RNA polymerase to organize programmed hierarchical patterning of gene expression across a bacterial population.
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2018-02-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03069-3 |