[HTML][HTML] Synthetic bacterial therapies for intestinal diseases based on quorum-sensing circuits

Z Dang, M Gao, L Wang, J Wu, Y Guo, Z Zhu… - Biotechnology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Bacterial therapy has become a key strategy against intestinal infectious diseases in recent
years. Moreover, regulating the gut microbiota through traditional fecal microbiota …

Automated model-predictive design of synthetic promoters to control transcriptional profiles in bacteria

TL LaFleur, A Hossain, HM Salis - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
Transcription rates are regulated by the interactions between RNA polymerase, sigma factor,
and promoter DNA sequences in bacteria. However, it remains unclear how non-canonical …

Synthetic biological circuits within an orthogonal central dogma

A Costello, AH Badran - Trends in biotechnology, 2021 - cell.com
Synthetic biology strives to reliably control cellular behavior, typically in the form of user-
designed interactions of biological components to produce a predetermined output …

An endoribonuclease-based feedforward controller for decoupling resource-limited genetic modules in mammalian cells

RD Jones, Y Qian, V Siciliano, B DiAndreth… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Synthetic biology has the potential to bring forth advanced genetic devices for applications
in healthcare and biotechnology. However, accurately predicting the behavior of engineered …

Universal structural requirements for maximal robust perfect adaptation in biomolecular networks

A Gupta, M Khammash - Proceedings of the National …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Adaptation is a running theme in biology. It allows a living system to survive and thrive in the
face of unpredictable environments by maintaining key physiological variables at their …

Biological materials: the next frontier for cell-free synthetic biology

RJR Kelwick, AJ Webb, PS Freemont - Frontiers in Bioengineering …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Advancements in cell-free synthetic biology are enabling innovations in sustainable
biomanufacturing, that may ultimately shift the global manufacturing paradigm toward …

[HTML][HTML] Context-dependent redesign of robust synthetic gene circuits

A Stone, A Youssef, S Rijal, R Zhang, XJ Tian - Trends in Biotechnology, 2024 - cell.com
Cells provide dynamic platforms for executing exogenous genetic programs in synthetic
biology, resulting in highly context-dependent circuit performance. Recent years have seen …

Enhancing circuit stability under growth feedback with supplementary repressive regulation

A Stone, S Rijal, R Zhang, XJ Tian - Nucleic acids research, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The field of synthetic biology and biosystems engineering increasingly acknowledges the
need for a holistic design approach that incorporates circuit-host interactions into the design …

[HTML][HTML] CRISPR/Cas9 in the era of nanomedicine and synthetic biology

TJN Schmidt, B Berarducci, S Konstantinidou… - Drug discovery today, 2023 - Elsevier
The CRISPR/Cas system was first discovered as a defense mechanism in bacteria and is
now used as a tool for precise gene-editing applications. Rapidly evolving, it is increasingly …

Control engineering and synthetic biology: working in synergy for the analysis and control of microbial systems

G Perrino, A Hadjimitsis, R Ledesma-Amaro… - Current Opinion in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Control engineering enables rigorous analysis and design of microbial
systems.•Feedback control is essential to the design of robust and reliable biological …