Characterization and mitigation of gene expression burden in mammalian cells

The design of genetic networks in mammalian cells is still slow and often fails. Here the authors show that miRNA-based incoherent feedforward loop circuits can be used to alleviate cellular burden.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Timothy Frei, Federica Cella, Fabiana Tedeschi, Joaquín Gutiérrez, Guy-Bart Stan, Mustafa Khammash, Velia Siciliano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18392-x