{"id":182321,"date":"2024-02-09T01:22:52","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T07:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/beyond-cells-unveiling-the-potential-of-genetic-circuits-on-single-dna-molecules"},"modified":"2024-02-09T01:22:52","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T07:22:52","slug":"beyond-cells-unveiling-the-potential-of-genetic-circuits-on-single-dna-molecules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/beyond-cells-unveiling-the-potential-of-genetic-circuits-on-single-dna-molecules","title":{"rendered":"Beyond cells: Unveiling the potential of genetic circuits on single DNA molecules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/beyond-cells-unveiling-the-potential-of-genetic-circuits-on-single-dna-molecules3.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a new <i>Nature Communications<\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-024-45186-2\">study<\/a>, researchers have explored the construction of genetic circuits on single DNA molecules, demonstrating localized protein synthesis as a guiding principle for dissipative nanodevices, offering insights into artificial cell design and nanobiotechnology applications.<\/p>\n<p>The term \u201cgenetic circuit\u201d is a metaphorical description of the complex network of genetic elements (such as genes, promoters, and <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/regulatory+proteins\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">regulatory proteins<\/a>) within a cell that interact to control <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/gene+expression\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">gene expression<\/a> and cellular functions.<\/p>\n<p>In the realm of artificial cell design, scientists aim to replicate and engineer these genetic circuits to create functional, self-contained units. These circuits act as the molecular machinery responsible for orchestrating cellular processes by precisely regulating the production of proteins and other molecules.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a new Nature Communications study, researchers have explored the construction of genetic circuits on single DNA molecules, demonstrating localized protein synthesis as a guiding principle for dissipative nanodevices, offering insights into artificial cell design and nanobiotechnology applications. The term \u201cgenetic circuit\u201d is a metaphorical description of the complex network of genetic elements (such as [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1902,11,412,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-182321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bioengineering","category-biotech-medical","category-genetics","category-nanotechnology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182321\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}