BioControl:Bestof0607

Best of 2006-2007

Here is a list of the best papers we read in 2006-2007, chosen by popular vote:

1. Isaacs FJ, Dwyer DJ, and Collins JJ. RNA synthetic biology. Nat Biotechnol 2006 May; 24(5) 545-54. doi:10.1038/nbt1208 pmid:16680139. PubMed HubMed [isaacs]
2. Bennett MR, Volfson D, Tsimring L, and Hasty J. Transient dynamics of genetic regulatory networks. Biophys J 2007 May 15; 92(10) 3501-12. doi:10.1529/biophysj.106.095638 pmid:17350994. PubMed HubMed [bennett]
3. Milo R, Shen-Orr S, Itzkovitz S, Kashtan N, Chklovskii D, and Alon U. Network motifs: simple building blocks of complex networks. Science 2002 Oct 25; 298(5594) 824-7. doi:10.1126/science.298.5594.824 pmid:12399590. PubMed HubMed [Milo]
4. Seelig G, Soloveichik D, Zhang DY, and Winfree E. Enzyme-free nucleic acid logic circuits. Science 2006 Dec 8; 314(5805) 1585-8. doi:10.1126/science.1132493 pmid:17158324. PubMed HubMed [seeling]
5. Farmer WR and Liao JC. Improving lycopene production in Escherichia coli by engineering metabolic control. Nat Biotechnol 2000 May; 18(5) 533-7. doi:10.1038/75398 pmid:10802621. PubMed HubMed [farmer]
6. Angeli D, Ferrell JE Jr, and Sontag ED. Detection of multistability, bifurcations, and hysteresis in a large class of biological positive-feedback systems. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004 Feb 17; 101(7) 1822-7. doi:10.1073/pnas.0308265100 pmid:14766974. PubMed HubMed [Angeli]
7. Topp S and Gallivan JP. Guiding bacteria with small molecules and RNA. J Am Chem Soc 2007 May 30; 129(21) 6807-11. doi:10.1021/ja0692480 pmid:17480075. PubMed HubMed [topp]
8. Bialek W and Setayeshgar S. Physical limits to biochemical signaling. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005 Jul 19; 102(29) 10040-5. doi:10.1073/pnas.0504321102 pmid:16006514. PubMed HubMed [Bialek]
9. Paulsson J, Berg OG, and Ehrenberg M. Stochastic focusing: fluctuation-enhanced sensitivity of intracellular regulation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2000 Jun 20; 97(13) 7148-53. doi:10.1073/pnas.110057697 pmid:10852944. PubMed HubMed [Paulsson]
10. Rosenfeld N, Young JW, Alon U, Swain PS, and Elowitz MB. Accurate prediction of gene feedback circuit behavior from component properties. Mol Syst Biol 2007; 3 143. doi:10.1038/msb4100185 pmid:18004276. PubMed HubMed [Rosenfeld]