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Daniel P. Cetnar

Pennsylvania State University

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Organism:E. coli· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 1

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An Autonomous Microbial Sensor Enables Long-term Detection of TNT Explosive in Natural Soil

Erin A. Essington, Grace E. Vezeau, Daniel P. Cetnar, Emily Grandinette, Terrence H. Bell, Howard M. Salis

This study demonstrates engineered bacteria can detect TNT in soil over 21 days with stable activation and exponential decay dynamics.

Nature Communications · Dec 2, 2024Peer-reviewedSynthetic Biology

Systematic Quantification of Sequence and Structural Determinants Controlling mRNA stability in Bacterial Operons

Daniel P. Cetnar, Howard M. Salis

The paper quantifies sequence and structural factors affecting mRNA stability in bacterial operons through synthetic biology experiments and biophysical modeling.

ACS Synthetic Biology · Jan 19, 2021Peer-reviewedSynthetic Biology

Precise Quantification of Translation Inhibition by mRNA Structures that Overlap with the Ribosomal Footprint in N-terminal Coding Sequences

Amin Espah Borujeni, Daniel P. Cetnar, Iman Farasat, Ashlee Smith, Natasha Lundgren, Howard M. Salis

The paper quantifies how mRNA structures overlapping with the ribosomal footprint inhibit translation in E. coli, showing up to 1410-fold repression.

Nucleic Acids Research · Jan 30, 2017Peer-reviewedGenetics