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.

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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
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author Timothy Frei
Federica Cella
Fabiana Tedeschi
Joaquín Gutiérrez
Guy-Bart Stan
Mustafa Khammash
Velia Siciliano
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spelling doaj.art-9e9d2a9d032a4e53a995962e99e67a032022-12-21T19:27:02ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232020-09-0111111410.1038/s41467-020-18392-xCharacterization and mitigation of gene expression burden in mammalian cellsTimothy Frei0Federica Cella1Fabiana Tedeschi2Joaquín Gutiérrez3Guy-Bart Stan4Mustafa Khammash5Velia Siciliano6Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering (D-BSSE), ETH ZürichIstituto Italiano di Tecnologia-IITIstituto Italiano di Tecnologia-IITDepartment of Biosystems Science and Engineering (D-BSSE), ETH ZürichDepartment of Bioengineering and Centre for Synthetic Biology, Imperial College LondonDepartment of Biosystems Science and Engineering (D-BSSE), ETH ZürichIstituto Italiano di Tecnologia-IITThe 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.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18392-x
spellingShingle Timothy Frei
Federica Cella
Fabiana Tedeschi
Joaquín Gutiérrez
Guy-Bart Stan
Mustafa Khammash
Velia Siciliano
Characterization and mitigation of gene expression burden in mammalian cells
Nature Communications
title Characterization and mitigation of gene expression burden in mammalian cells
title_full Characterization and mitigation of gene expression burden in mammalian cells
title_fullStr Characterization and mitigation of gene expression burden in mammalian cells
title_full_unstemmed Characterization and mitigation of gene expression burden in mammalian cells
title_short Characterization and mitigation of gene expression burden in mammalian cells
title_sort characterization and mitigation of gene expression burden in mammalian cells
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18392-x
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