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ReviewCurrent opinion in biotechnology2012

Synthetic RNA switches as a tool for temporal and spatial control over gene expression.

Andrew L Chang, Joshua J Wolf, Christina D Smolke

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Review in Current opinion in biotechnology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

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49citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Riboswitch Design Using MODENA.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025
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  12. Exposing Hidden High-Affinity RNA Conformational States.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2020
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  14. Tools and systems for evolutionary engineering of biomolecules and microorganisms.Journal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Andrew L ChangDepartment of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, United States.
Joshua J Wolf
Christina D Smolke

Funding

Frameworks for programming ligand-responsive RNA regulatory systemsR01GM086663 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI ENDY, DREW · 2009 to 2024
$3.7M
Molecular platforms for the development of intelligent therapeutics targeted to dRC1GM091298 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI SMOLKE, CHRISTINA D · 2009 to 2010
$1000k
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM086663NIGMS NIH HHS RC1 GM091298
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The engineering of biological systems offers significant promise for advances in areas including health and medicine, chemical synthesis, energy production, and environmental sustainability. Realizing this potential requires tools that enable design of sophisticated genetic systems. The functional diversity of RNA makes it an attractive and versatile substrate for programming sensing, information processing, computation, and control functions. Recent advances in the design of synthetic RNA switches capable of detecting and responding to molecular and environmental signals enable dynamic modulation of gene expression through diverse mechanisms, including transcription, splicing, stability, RNA interference, and translation. Furthermore, implementation of these switches in genetic circuits highlights the potential for building synthetic cell systems targeted to applications in environmental remediation and next-generation therapeutics and diagnostics.

Indexed as

EnvironmentEnvironmental Restoration and RemediationGene Expression RegulationGene Regulatory NetworksGenes, SwitchHumansMedicineRNARNA InterferenceRNA SplicingRNA StabilityTime FactorsTranscription, GeneticRNA

Identifiers

PMID22305712
PMCPMC3354030

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