Publications by authors named "Jordi Ventura"
Article Synopsis
- The study explores how artificial cell systems can communicate over time and space, similar to natural cells, by using chemical signals to trigger specific responses in distant cells.
- Sender cells generate diffusive signals, like changes in pH, which influence the shape of compartmentalized DNA structures in receiving cells, affecting their functionality.
- Results demonstrate that two different sender populations can temporally and spatially regulate the activation of the receivers, opening up new possibilities for designing programmable synthetic cell systems.
Engineering chemical communication between micro/nanosystems (via the exchange of chemical messengers) is receiving increasing attention from the scientific community. Although a number of micro- and nanodevices (e.g.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSynthetic biology aims at engineering gene regulatory circuits to end with cells (re)programmed on purpose to implement novel functions or discover natural behaviors. However, one overlooked question is whether the resulting circuits perform as intended in variety of environments or with time. Here, we considered a recently engineered genetic system that allows programming the cell to work as a minimal computer (arithmetic logic unit) in order to analyze its operability regime.
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