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ReviewFundamental research2025

Gene circuit-based sensors.

Xinyue Guo, Min Li, Xiaolei Zuo

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Review in Fundamental research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Traceless Regulation of Genetic Circuitry.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Xinyue GuoInstitute of Molecular Medicine Shanghai Key Laboratory for Nucleic Acid Chemistry and Nanomedicine, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China.
Min LiInstitute of Molecular Medicine Shanghai Key Laboratory for Nucleic Acid Chemistry and Nanomedicine, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China.
Xiaolei ZuoInstitute of Molecular Medicine Shanghai Key Laboratory for Nucleic Acid Chemistry and Nanomedicine, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As an important branch of biosensors, gene circuit-based biosensors constructed based on synthetic biology concepts can sense specific substances to be measured and converted into specific signal outputs. Such sensors have great potential in the fields of biomanufacturing process monitoring, environmental monitoring, food safety, medical diagnosis, and monitoring. With the development of synthetic biology technology and the abundance of genetic components, more and more cell-free microbial sensors with different response mechanisms, logic gates, and logic loops have been developed. This review integrates the basic concepts of synthetic biology to comprehensively describe the design and engineering of synthetic biology gene circuits, an overview of synthetic biology based on cell-free systems (CFS), and the development of biosensors based on CFS. Emphasis is placed on the design concepts, construction principles, and applications of cell-free-based biosensors in the field of bioassay. We also discuss the new frontiers in the field and the challenges to be addressed.

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Cell-free biosensorsCell-free systemDetectionGene circuitSynthetic biology

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PMID41613450
PMCPMC12848245

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