Insulated transcriptional elements enable precise design of genetic circuits

Unwanted interactions between cellular components can complicate rational engineering of biological systems. Here the authors design insulated minimal promoters and operators that enable biophysical modeling of bacterial transcription without free parameters for precise circuit design.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yeqing Zong, Haoqian M. Zhang, Cheng Lyu, Xiangyu Ji, Junran Hou, Xian Guo, Qi Ouyang, Chunbo Lou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00063-z