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Simulation Of Gene Regulatory Elements For Biosensing, Mallory Bates, Svetlana Harbough, Tarun Goswami
Simulation Of Gene Regulatory Elements For Biosensing, Mallory Bates, Svetlana Harbough, Tarun Goswami
Biomedical, Industrial & Human Factors Engineering Faculty Publications
Gene regulatory studies are of significant importance in many scenarios such as mental illness. 21% of U.S adults experience mental illnesses including 1 in 4 active-duty military personnel. Mental health can be identified in the body by different biomarkers. These biomarkers potentially controlled by riboswitches, which are located in mRNA and switch “ON” or “OFF” depending on the concentration of a biomarker. In this research, a known riboswitch reengineered and its response in the presence of a biomarker investigated. We changed computationally PreQ1, a known riboswitch that has the smallest aptamer, and then experimentally tested against biomarkers, dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate …