Synthetic CRISPR-Cas gene activators for transcriptional reprogramming in bacteria

The absence of effective gene activators in bacteria limits regulated expression programs. Here the authors design synthetic bacterial CRISPR-Cas transcriptional activators that can be used to construct multi-gene programs of activation and repression.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chen Dong, Jason Fontana, Anika Patel, James M. Carothers, Jesse G. Zalatan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04901-6