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ArticleNucleic acids research2022

Rational design of hybrid DNA-RNA triplex structures as modulators of transcriptional activity in vitro.

Alessandro Cecconello, Massimiliano Magro, Fabio Vianello, Friedrich C Simmel

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Alessandro CecconelloPhysik Department, Technische Universität München, Garching bei München 85748, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7075-2801
Massimiliano MagroDepartment of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padova, Legnaro 35020, Italy.
Fabio VianelloDepartment of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padova, Legnaro 35020, Italy.
Friedrich C SimmelPhysik Department, Technische Universität München, Garching bei München 85748, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3829-3446
University of Padua · ITTechnical University of Munich · DE

Funding

European Research Council 694410
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Triplex nanostructures can be formed in vitro in the promoter region of DNA templates, and it is commonly accepted that these assemblies inhibit the transcription of the downstream genes. Herein, a proof of concept highlighting the possibility of the up- or downregulation of RNA transcription is presented. Hybrid DNA-RNA triplex nanostructures were rationally designed to produce bacterial transcription units with switchable promoters. The rate of RNA production was measured using the signal of a transcribed fluorescent RNA aptamer (i.e. Broccoli). Indeed, several designed bacterial promoters showed the ability of induced transcriptional inhibition, while other properly tailored sequences demonstrated switchable enhancement of transcriptional activity, representing an unprecedented feature to date. The use of RNA-regulated transcription units and fluorescent RNA aptamers as readouts will allow the realization of biocomputation circuits characterized by a strongly reduced set of components. Triplex forming RNA oligonucleotides are proposed as smart tools for transcriptional modulation and represent an alternative to current methods for producing logic gates using protein-based components.

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DNAGenetic TechniquesNanostructuresRNATranscription, GeneticBase SequenceNucleic Acid ConformationOligonucleotidesPromoter Regions, GeneticDNAOligonucleotidesRNA

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PMID36537227
PMCPMC9825147
OpenAlexW4312018995

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