Article
Engineering transcription factors with novel DNA-binding specificity using comparative genomics.
Nucleic acids research - 1 May 2009
Desai Tasha A, Rodionov Dmitry A, Gelfand Mikhail S, Alm Eric J, Rao Christopher V
Abstract excerpt
The transcriptional program for a gene consists of the promoter necessary for recruiting RNA polymerase along with neighboring operator sites that bind different activators and repressors. From a synthetic biology perspective, if the DNA-binding specificity of these proteins can be changed, then they can be used to reprogram gene expression in cells. While many experimental methods exist for generating such...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
