Engineered Riboswitches for Controlled Gene Expression: A Review of Dynamic Range in Living Cells
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22667373Keywords:
Engineered Riboswitches for Controlled Gene Expression; Biological sciences; Evidence synthesis; Reproducibility; Research methodologyAbstract
Engineered Riboswitches for Controlled Gene Expression has moved quickly from a niche research question to something a wider
community can now investigate with reasonably reliable tools, but the evidence behind it has not always kept pace. We pull
together the current evidence for engineered riboswitches for controlled gene expression, covering the methodological, practical,
regulatory and cost angles, with an eye on where practice has genuinely settled and where researchers and reviewers are still
largely working it out for themselves. Selective, context-specific adoption looks better supported by the evidence gathered here
than either broad rollout or blanket avoidance.
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