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    Compact zinc finger architecture utilizing toxin-derived cytidine deaminases for highly efficient base editing in human cells

    Nucleobase editors represent an emerging technology that enables precise single-base edits to the genomes of eukaryotic cells. Most nucleobase editors use deaminase domains that act upon single-stranded DNA an...

    Friedrich Fauser, Bhakti N. Kadam, Sebastian Arangundy-Franklin in Nature Communications (2024)

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    Multiplexed characterization of rationally designed promoter architectures deconstructs combinatorial logic for IPTG-inducible systems

    A crucial step towards engineering biological systems is the ability to precisely tune the genetic response to environmental stimuli. In the case of Escherichia coli inducible promoters, our incomplete understand...

    Timothy C. Yu, Winnie L. Liu, Marcia S. Brinck, Jessica E. Davis in Nature Communications (2021)

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    Common genetic risk variants identified in the SPARK cohort support DDHD2 as a candidate risk gene for autism

    Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a highly heritable neurodevelopmental disorder. Large genetically informative cohorts of individuals with ASD have led to the identification of a limited number of common geno...

    Nana Matoba, Dan Liang, Huaigu Sun, Nil Aygün in Translational Psychiatry (2020)