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Genetic Attenuator
Transcriptional attenuation is a very promising new tool for the specification and control of genetic transcription rates. The basic mechanism is simple: stop some fraction of the polymerases before they reach the desired gene to reduce transcription (and thereby translation) of the gene. Natural terminators already serve this role in their capacity to prevent transcription of undesired DNA, but a heretofore untapped resource is the potential inefficiency of this termination. For instance, imagine a terminator that interrupts only 50% of the polymerases transcribing it. If placed between two genes, this will result in 100% more copies of mRNA corresponding to the first gene than the second in the total transcript output. Without any sophisticated empirical testing and tuning (as is often required for promoter engineering), using a tool directly out of the BioBrick toolbox, an accurate and reliable ratio of gene transcription can been established.
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