Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

A synthetic transcription platform for programmable gene expression in mammalian cells

  • William C. W. Chen,
  • Leonid Gaidukov,
  • Yong Lai,
  • Ming-Ru Wu,
  • Jicong Cao,
  • Michael J. Gutbrod,
  • Gigi C. G. Choi,
  • Rachel P. Utomo,
  • Ying-Chou Chen,
  • Liliana Wroblewska,
  • Manolis Kellis,
  • Lin Zhang,
  • Ron Weiss,
  • Timothy K. Lu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33287-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Precise and scalable regulation of gene expression in mammalian cells is challenging. Here, the authors created a highly tunable CRISPR-based synthetic transcription system for programmable control of mammalian gene expression and cellular activity.