As the number of sequenced bacterial genomes increases, the need for rapid and reliable tools for the annotation of functional elements (e.g., transcriptional regulatory elements) becomes more desirable. Promoters are the key regulatory elements, whi...
IEEE/ACM transactions on computational biology and bioinformatics
29993815
Sigma factor, as a unit of RNA polymerase holoenzyme, is a critical factor in the process of gene transcriptional regulation. It recognizes the specific DNA sites and brings the core enzyme of RNA polymerase to the upstream regions of target genes. T...
Cryo-EM maps are valuable sources of information for protein structure modeling. However, due to the loss of contrast at high frequencies, they generally need to be post-processed to improve their interpretability. Most popular approaches, based on g...
The persistence of the global COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus has continued to emphasize the need for point-of-care (POC) diagnostic tests for viral diagnosis. The most widely used tests, lateral flow assays used in rapid antigen tes...
BACKGROUND: Promoters are DNA regions that initiate the transcription of specific genes near the transcription start sites. In bacteria, promoters are recognized by RNA polymerases and associated sigma factors. Effective promoter recognition is essen...
T7 RNA Polymerase (RNAP) is a widely used enzyme with recent applications in the production of RNA vaccines. For over 50 years denaturing sequencing gels have been used as key analysis tools for probing the nucleotide addition mechanisms of T7 RNAP a...
Expanding sigma70 promoter libraries can support the engineering of metabolic pathways and enhance recombinant protein expression. Herein, we developed an artificial intelligence (AI) and knowledge-based method for the rational design of sigma70 prom...
Constructing molecular classifiers that enable cells to recognize linear and nonlinear input patterns would expand the biocomputational capabilities of engineered cells, thereby unlocking their potential in diagnostics and therapeutic applications. W...
The increase in antimicrobial resistance presents a major challenge in treating bacterial infections, underscoring the need for innovative drug discovery approaches and novel inhibitors. Bacterial RNA polymerase (RNAP) has emerged as a crucial target...