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ReviewNature chemistry2026

Synthetic dynamic transcription frameworks and their applications.

Jiantong Dong, Itamar Willner

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Review in Nature chemistry, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Jiantong DongInstitute of Chemistry and Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.ORCID 0000-0001-7063-711X
Itamar WillnerInstitute of Chemistry and Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel. itamar.willner@mail.huji.ac.il.ORCID 0000-0001-9710-9077

Funding

Israel Science Foundation (ISF) 2049/20
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biological transcription uses dynamic machinery modulated by transcription factors and auxiliary environmental cues to control multiple biological processes. Misregulation of the transcription machinery leads to diverse genetic disorders and diseases. Here we discuss the application of DNA nanostructures and circuits in developing synthetic in vitro transcription frameworks that mimic dynamic features, such as switchable blockage of transcription by topological barriers, transcription machineries revealing transient dissipative kinetics, and bistable programs or oscillatory transcription circuits driven by feedback loops, paving the way to exploring and validating mechanisms in native transcription and their potential biological applications. Possible applications of the transcription frameworks for sensing, and future perspectives for autonomous therapeutics and the design of artificial cells, are discussed.

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Transcription, GeneticDNADNA NanostructuresDNA

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