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The centrality of RNA for engineering gene expression
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Chappell J
; Takahashi MK
; Meyer S
; Loughrey D
; Watters KE
; Lucks J
Biotechnol J
2013[Dec]; 8
(12
): 1379-95
PMID24124015
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Synthetic biology holds promise as both a framework for rationally engineering
biological systems and a way to revolutionize how we fundamentally understand
them. Essential to realizing this promise is the development of strategies and
tools to reliably and predictably control and characterize sophisticated patterns
of gene expression. Here we review the role that RNA can play towards this goal
and make a case for why this versatile, designable, and increasingly
characterizable molecule is one of the most powerful substrates for engineering
gene expression at our disposal. We discuss current natural and synthetic RNA
regulators of gene expression acting at key points of control--transcription,
mRNA degradation, and translation. We also consider RNA structural probing and
computational RNA structure predication tools as a way to study RNA structure and
ultimately function. Finally, we discuss how next-generation sequencing methods
are being applied to the study of RNA and to the characterization of RNA's many
properties throughout the cell.