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ArticleNucleic acids research2014

A platform for rapid prototyping of synthetic gene networks in mammalian cells.

Xavier Duportet, Liliana Wroblewska, Patrick Guye, Yinqing Li, Justin Eyquem, Julianne Rieders, Tharathorn Rimchala, Gregory Batt, Ron Weiss

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 90 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

90 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Xavier DuportetINRIA Paris-Rocquencourt, Rocquencourt, France Synthetic Biology Center, Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA Cellectis Therapeutics, Paris, France xavier.duportet@phagex.com.
Liliana WroblewskaSynthetic Biology Center, Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Patrick GuyeSynthetic Biology Center, Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Yinqing LiSynthetic Biology Center, Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Justin EyquemLaboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France.
Julianne RiedersINRIA Paris-Rocquencourt, Rocquencourt, France Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France.
Tharathorn RimchalaSynthetic Biology Center, Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Gregory BattINRIA Paris-Rocquencourt, Rocquencourt, France gregory.batt@inria.fr.
Ron WeissSynthetic Biology Center, Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA rweiss@mit.edu.

Funding

VIRUS PRODUCTION COREP30CA014051 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI MATTHEW G. VANDER HEIDEN · 1985 to 2026
$93.9M
MIT Center for Integrative Synthetic BiologyP50GM098792 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI WEISS, RON · 2013 to 2017
$11.0M
Genetic circuits for high-throughput, multi-sensory, live cell microRNA profR01CA173712 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI WEISS, RON · 2013 to 2017
$2.5M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014051NCI NIH HHS R01 CA173712NIGMS NIH HHS P50 GM098792NIGMS NIH HHS P50GM098792
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mammalian synthetic biology may provide novel therapeutic strategies, help decipher new paths for drug discovery and facilitate synthesis of valuable molecules. Yet, our capacity to genetically program cells is currently hampered by the lack of efficient approaches to streamline the design, construction and screening of synthetic gene networks. To address this problem, here we present a framework for modular and combinatorial assembly of functional (multi)gene expression vectors and their efficient and specific targeted integration into a well-defined chromosomal context in mammalian cells. We demonstrate the potential of this framework by assembling and integrating different functional mammalian regulatory networks including the largest gene circuit built and chromosomally integrated to date (6 transcription units, 27kb) encoding an inducible memory device. Using a library of 18 different circuits as a proof of concept, we also demonstrate that our method enables one-pot/single-flask chromosomal integration and screening of circuit libraries. This rapid and powerful prototyping platform is well suited for comparative studies of genetic regulatory elements, genes and multi-gene circuits as well as facile development of libraries of isogenic engineered cell lines.

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Gene Regulatory NetworksAnimalsCell EngineeringCell LineCloning, MolecularGene LibraryHumans

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PMID25378321
PMCPMC4245948

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