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A Network Approach to Genetic Circuit Designs

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Matthew Crowther, Professor Anil Wipat, Dr Angel Goni-Moreno

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Abstract

© 2022 American Chemical Society. All rights reserved. As genetic circuits become more sophisticated, the size and complexity of data about their designs increase. The data captured goes beyond genetic sequences alone; information about circuit modularity and functional details improves comprehension, performance analysis, and design automation techniques. However, new data types expose new challenges around the accessibility, visualization, and usability of design data (and metadata). Here, we present a method to transform circuit designs into networks and showcase its potential to enhance the utility of design data. Since networks are dynamic structures, initial graphs can be interactively shaped into subnetworks of relevant information based on requirements such as the hierarchy of biological parts or interactions between entities. A significant advantage of a network approach is the ability to scale abstraction, providing an automatic sliding level of detail that further tailors the visualization to a given situation. Additionally, several visual changes can be applied, such as coloring or clustering nodes based on types (e.g., genes or promoters), resulting in easier comprehension from a user perspective. This approach allows circuit designs to be coupled to other networks, such as metabolic pathways or implementation protocols captured in graph-like formats. We advocate using networks to structure, access, and improve synthetic biology information.


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Author(s): Crowther M, Wipat A, Goni-Moreno A

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: ACS Synthetic Biology

Year: 2022

Volume: 11

Issue: 9

Pages: 3058-3066

Print publication date: 16/09/2022

Online publication date: 31/08/2022

Acceptance date: 02/04/2018

Date deposited: 03/10/2022

ISSN (electronic): 2161-5063

Publisher: American Chemical Society

URL: https://doi.org/10.1021/acssynbio.2c00255

DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.2c00255

PubMed id: 36044984


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Funding

Funder referenceFunder name
34000024085
2019-T1/BIO-14053
CEX2020-000999-S
MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033
PID2020-117205GA-I00
Y2020/TCS-6555

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