Directed evolution of an orthogonal transcription engine for programmable gene expression in eukaryotes
Shaunak Kar, Elizabeth C. Gardner, Kamyab Javanmardi, Daniel R. Boutz, Raghav Shroff, Andrew P. Horton, Thomas H. Segall-Shapiro, Andrew D. Ellington, Jimmy Gollihar
This study evolves a T7 RNA polymerase variant with a capping enzyme to enable efficient gene expression in eukaryotes, showing improved performance in yeast and mammalian cells.
iScience · Dec 6, 2024Peer-reviewedSynthetic Biology