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NATURE CHEMICAL BIOLOGY
Volume 16, Issue 8, Pages 857-+Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41589-020-0547-4
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- US Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research [DE-AC02-05CH11231]
- BASF [85335789]
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health at the National Institutes of Health [1K99AT009573/R00AT009573]
- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship [2018262076]
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Engineering of yeast transcription factors and design of hybrid DNA promoter elements have resulted in a toolkit for tunable and orthogonal regulation of gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana and Nicotianabenthamiana plants. Agricultural biotechnology strategies often require the precise regulation of multiple genes to effectively modify complex plant traits. However, most efforts are hindered by a lack of characterized tools that allow for reliable and targeted expression of transgenes. We have successfully engineered a library of synthetic transcriptional regulators that modulate expression strength in planta. By leveraging orthogonal regulatory systems from Saccharomyces spp., we have developed a strategy for the design of synthetic activators, synthetic repressors, and synthetic promoters and have validated their use in Nicotiana benthamiana and Arabidopsis thaliana. This characterization of contributing genetic elements that dictate gene expression represents a foundation for the rational design of refined synthetic regulators. Our findings demonstrate that these tools provide variation in transcriptional output while enabling the concerted expression of multiple genes in a tissue-specific and environmentally responsive manner, providing a basis for generating complex genetic circuits that process endogenous and environmental stimuli.
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