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Novel Gene Switches

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Conditional Mutagenesis: An Approach to Disease Models

Part of the book series: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology ((HEP,volume 178))

Abstract

Controlling gene activity in space and time represents a cornerstone technology in gene and cell therapeutic applications, bioengineering, drug discovery as well as fundamental and applied research. This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of the different approaches for regulating gene activity and product protein formation at different biosynthetic levels, from genomic rearrangements over transcription and translation control to strategies for engineering inducible secretion and protein activity with a focus on the development during the past 2 years. Recent advances in designing second-generation gene switches, based on novel inducer administration routes (gas phase) as well as on the combination of heterologous switches with endogenous signals, will be complemented by an overview of the emerging field of mammalian synthetic biology, which enables the design of complex synthetic and semisynthetic gene networks. This article will conclude with an overview of how the different gene switches have been applied in gene therapy studies, bioengineering and drug discovery.

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Weber, W., Fussenegger, M. (2007). Novel Gene Switches. In: Feil, R., Metzger, D. (eds) Conditional Mutagenesis: An Approach to Disease Models. Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, vol 178. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-35109-2_4

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