Electronic control of gene expression and cell behaviour in Escherichia coli through redox signalling

Synthetic biology offers the ability to explore new ways of manipulating gene expression and function. Here the authors demonstrate an electrogenetic device that allows control of transcription by an exogenous electrical signal.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tanya Tschirhart, Eunkyoung Kim, Ryan McKay, Hana Ueda, Hsuan-Chen Wu, Alex Eli Pottash, Amin Zargar, Alejandro Negrete, Joseph Shiloach, Gregory F. Payne, William E. Bentley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14030