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A fast, robust and tunable synthetic gene oscillator

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  • Jesse Stricker

    (University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA)

  • Scott Cookson

    (University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA)

  • Matthew R. Bennett

    (University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
    Institute for Nonlinear Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA)

  • William H. Mather

    (University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA)

  • Lev S. Tsimring

    (Institute for Nonlinear Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA)

  • Jeff Hasty

    (University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
    Institute for Nonlinear Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA)

Abstract

A tunable synthetic gene oscillator Synthetic biologists aim to apply well-known principles of gene regulation to build living systems with desired properties, but practical applications have been disappointing. Jeff Hasty and colleagues have now combined microfluidics, single-cell microscopy and computational modelling to develop a bacterial gene oscillator that is fast, robust, persistent and whose frequency can be tuned externally. Their combination of experimental and theoretical work reveals a simplified oscillator design without the need for positive feedback.

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  • Jesse Stricker & Scott Cookson & Matthew R. Bennett & William H. Mather & Lev S. Tsimring & Jeff Hasty, 2008. "A fast, robust and tunable synthetic gene oscillator," Nature, Nature, vol. 456(7221), pages 516-519, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:456:y:2008:i:7221:d:10.1038_nature07389
    DOI: 10.1038/nature07389
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