Let There Be LITE Plasmids
Type
Blog Post
Published
Nov. 21, 2013, 3:56 p.m.
...of customizable DNA-binding domains based on transcription-activator-like effectors (TALEs) as anchors ... thaliana. The results are light-inducible transcriptional effectors (LITEs) designed to bind specific.... Genes under LITE control showed a rise in transcription in as little as 30 minutes after light stimulation... universally abundant. Second, induction of transcription occurs within minutes of light exposure. Third...really flexible and modular,” Konermann said. “Transcriptional activators are easy to expand or combine with...al. "Optical control of mammalian endogenous transcription and epigenetic states." Nature. 500, 472–476...