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ReviewACS synthetic biology2012

A synthetic biology approach to understanding cellular information processing.

Katherine A Riccione, Robert P Smith, Anna J Lee, Lingchong You

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Review in ACS synthetic biology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Chemical reaction networks for computing logarithm.Synthetic biology (Oxford, England) · 2017
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  11. The biological microprocessor, or how to build a computer with biological parts.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2013
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Katherine A RiccioneDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
Robert P Smith
Anna J Lee
Lingchong You

Funding

Project 6P50GM081883 · NIGMS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI BENFEY, PHILIP N · 2007 to 2012
$14.9M
Post-antibiotic effect and design of optimal antibiotic dosing protocolsR01GM098642 · NIGMS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI YOU, LINGCHONG · 2011 to 2025
$3.6M
Coordinating Cell Killing by Communication: Biological Control and Cancer TherapyR01CA118486 · NCI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI YOU, LINGCHONG · 2006 to 2010
$1.1M
NCI NIH HHS 1R01-CA118486NCI NIH HHS R01 CA118486NIGMS NIH HHS 1P50GM081883NIGMS NIH HHS 1R01-GM098642NIGMS NIH HHS P50 GM081883NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM098642
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The survival of cells and organisms requires proper responses to environmental signals. These responses are governed by cellular networks, which serve to process diverse environmental cues. Biological networks often contain recurring network topologies called "motifs". It has been recognized that the study of such motifs allows one to predict the response of a biological network and thus cellular behavior. However, studying a single motif in complete isolation of all other network motifs in a natural setting is difficult. Synthetic biology has emerged as a powerful approach to understanding the dynamic properties of network motifs. In addition to testing existing theoretical predictions, construction and analysis of synthetic gene circuits has led to the discovery of novel motif dynamics, such as how the combination of simple motifs can lead to autonomous dynamics or how noise in transcription and translation can affect the dynamics of a motif. Here, we review developments in synthetic biology as they pertain to increasing our understanding of cellular information processing. We highlight several types of dynamic behaviors that diverse motifs can generate, including the control of input/output responses, the generation of autonomous spatial and temporal dynamics, as well as the influence of noise in motif dynamics and cellular behavior.

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Cell Physiological PhenomenaEnvironmentGene Regulatory NetworksSignal TransductionSynthetic Biology

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PMID23411668
PMCPMC3568971

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