Open AccessMaking Cellular Memories
Author(s) -
Devin R. Burrill,
Pamela A. Silver
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 26.304
H-Index - 776
eISSN - 1097-4172
pISSN - 0092-8674
DOI - 10.1016/j.cell.2009.12.034
Subject(s) - biology , transcription factor , stimulus (psychology) , neuroscience , synthetic biology , transcription (linguistics) , gene regulatory network , regulation of gene expression , computational biology , gene , gene expression , genetics , psychology , linguistics , philosophy , psychotherapist
The induction of a protracted response to a brief stimulus is a form of cellular memory. Here we describe the role of transcriptional regulation in both natural and synthetic memory networks and discuss the potential applications of engineered memory networks in medicine and industrial biotechnology.
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