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ArticleNucleic acids research2020

Rational design of minimal synthetic promoters for plants.

Yao-Min Cai, Kalyani Kallam, Henry Tidd, Giovanni Gendarini, Amanda Salzman, Nicola J Patron

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 80 papers.

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80citing papers in PubMed
19.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

80 citing papers in PubMed, 137 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Characterization ofSynthetic and systems biotechnology · 2027
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  8. Design and Testing of Root-Specific Synthetic Promoters by Machine Learning.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  11. From Structure to Function of Promoters and 5'UTRs in Maize.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  18. Synthesis of large single-transcript pathways from oligonucleotide pools: Design of STARBURST, an autobioluminescent reporter.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yao-Min CaiEngineering Biology, Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Norfolk NR4 7UZ, UK.
Kalyani KallamEngineering Biology, Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Norfolk NR4 7UZ, UK.
Henry TiddEngineering Biology, Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Norfolk NR4 7UZ, UK.
Giovanni GendariniEngineering Biology, Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Norfolk NR4 7UZ, UK.
Amanda SalzmanEngineering Biology, Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Norfolk NR4 7UZ, UK.
Nicola J PatronEngineering Biology, Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Norfolk NR4 7UZ, UK.
Norwich Research Park · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/R021554/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/T/000PR9819Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/T/00PR9815
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Promoters serve a critical role in establishing baseline transcriptional capacity through the recruitment of proteins, including transcription factors. Previously, a paucity of data for cis-regulatory elements in plants meant that it was challenging to determine which sequence elements in plant promoter sequences contributed to transcriptional function. In this study, we have identified functional elements in the promoters of plant genes and plant pathogens that utilize plant transcriptional machinery for gene expression. We have established a quantitative experimental system to investigate transcriptional function, investigating how identity, density and position contribute to regulatory function. We then identified permissive architectures for minimal synthetic plant promoters enabling the computational design of a suite of synthetic promoters of different strengths. These have been used to regulate the relative expression of output genes in simple genetic devices.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, PlantPromoter Regions, GeneticAgrobacterium tumefaciensArabidopsisBrassica rapaGene DosageGenes, SyntheticGenetic EngineeringHordeumHost-Pathogen InteractionsNicotianaPlant ProteinsPlants, Genetically ModifiedPlasmidsTranscriptional ActivationTransgenesPlant Proteins

Identifiers

PMID32856047
PMCPMC7708054
OpenAlexW3082026128

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