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Open AccessT7 phage-assisted evolution of riboswitches using error-prone replication and dual selection
Leveraging riboswitches, non-coding mRNA fragments pivotal to gene regulation, poses a challenge in effectively selecting and enriching these functional genetic sensors, which can toggle between ON and OFF sta...
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Open AccessEngineering orthogonal dual transcription factors for multi-input synthetic promoters
Synthetic biology has seen an explosive growth in the capability of engineering artificial gene circuits from transcription factors (TFs), particularly in bacteria. However, most artificial networks still empl...
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Open AccessAutomated design of bacterial genome sequences
Organisms have evolved ways of regulating transcription to better adapt to varying environments. Could the current functional genomics data and models support the possibility of engineering a genome with compl...
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Synthetic biology gains momentum in Europe
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Open AccessRobust dynamical pattern formation from a multifunctional minimal genetic circuit
A practical problem during the analysis of natural networks is their complexity, thus the use of synthetic circuits would allow to unveil the natural mechanisms of operation. Autocatalytic gene regulatory netw...
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Open AccessReverse-engineering the Arabidopsis thaliana transcriptional network under changing environmental conditions
Understanding the molecular mechanisms plants have evolved to adapt their biological activities to a constantly changing environment is an intriguing question and one that requires a systems biology approach. ...
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Open AccessPROTDES: CHARMM toolbox for computational protein design
We present an open-source software able to automatically mutate any residue positions and find the best aminoacids in an arbitrary protein structure without requiring pairwise approximations. Our software, PRO...
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Open AccessChanges in the gene expression profile of Arabidopsis thaliana after infection with Tobacco etch virus
Tobacco etch potyvirus (TEV) has been extensively used as model system for the study of positive-sense RNA virus infecting plants. TEV ability to infect Arabidopsis thaliana varies among ecotypes. In this study, ...
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Open AccessAsmparts: assembly of biological model parts
We propose a new computational tool to produce models of biological systems by assembling models from biological parts. Our software not only takes advantage of modularity, but it also enforces standardisation...
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Open AccessComputational design of digital and memory biological devices
The use of combinatorial optimization techniques with computational design allows the development of automated methods to design biological systems. Automatic design integrates design principles in an unsuperv...
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Open AccessComputational design of proteins with new functions
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Open AccessECOLITASTER: cellular biosensor