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Rapid Development of Cell State Identification Circuits with Poly-Transfection
Published on: February 24, 2023
VPg-based bidirectional synthetic mRNA circuits enable orthogonal protein regulation for high-resolution cell
Zhenghua Liang1, Yaxin Hu1, Cheuk Yin Li1
1Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Room 5578, Academic Bldg, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong. kekuang@ust.hk.
Abstract:
Synthetic mRNA circuits commonly sense input to produce binary output signals for cell separation. Based on virus-origin cap-independent translation initiation machinery and RBP-aptamer interaction, we designed smart synthetic mRNA-based circuits that sense single input molecules to bidirectionally tune output signals in an orthogonal manner, enabling high-resolution separation of cell populations.
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