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Synthetic design of strong promoters

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dc.creator Schlabach, Michael R.
dc.creator Hu, Jimmy K.
dc.creator Li, Mamie
dc.creator Elledge, Stephen J.
dc.date 2019-10-12T13:15:41Z
dc.date 2010
dc.date 2019-10-12T13:15:41Z
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-18T11:04:04Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-18T11:04:04Z
dc.identifier Schlabach, M. R., J. K. Hu, M. Li, and S. J. Elledge. 2010. “Synthetic Design of Strong Promoters.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (6): 2538–43. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0914803107.
dc.identifier 0027-8424
dc.identifier 0744-2831
dc.identifier 1091-6490
dc.identifier http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:41542683
dc.identifier 10.1073/pnas.0914803107
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/26608
dc.description We have taken a synthetic biology approach to the generation and screening of transcription factor binding sites for activity in human cells. All possible 10-mer DNA sequences were printed on microarrays as 100-mers containing 10 repeats of the same sequence in tandem, yielding an oligonucleotide library of 52,429 unique sequences. This library of potential enhancers was introduced into a retroviral vector and screened in multiple cell lines for the ability to activate GFP transcription from a minimal CMV promoter. With this method, we isolated 100 bp synthetic enhancer elements that were as potent at activating transcription as the WT CMV immediate early enhancer. The activity of the recovered elements was strongly dependent on the cell line in which they were recovered. None of the elements were capable of achieving the same levels of transcriptional enhancement across all tested cell lines as the CMV enhancer. A second screen, for enhancers capable of synergizing with the elements from the original screen, yielded compound enhancers that were capable of twofold greater enhancement activity than the CMV enhancer, with higher levels of activity than the original synthetic enhancer across multiple cell lines. These findings suggest that the 10-mer synthetic enhancer space is sufficiently rich to allow the creation of synthetic promoters of all strengths in most, if not all, cell types.
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dc.publisher National Academy of Sciences
dc.relation Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
dc.title Synthetic design of strong promoters
dc.type Journal Article


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