Interruptores de mano: reguladores de la expresión génica diseñados de nuevo

Alexander A Green1, Pamela A Silver2, James J Collins3

  • 1Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

Cell
|November 24, 2014
PubMed
Resumen

Los científicos desarrollaron nuevos interruptores genéticos sintéticos llamados interruptores de toehold. Estos riborreguladores programables permiten un control preciso de la expresión génica, ofreciendo amplias aplicaciones en biología sintética y biotecnología.

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