A grand challenge in synthetic biology is to use our current knowledge of RNA science to
perform the automatic engineering of completely synthetic sequences encoding functional …

Viral infections in plants threaten food security. Thus, simple and effective methods for virus
detection are required to adopt early measures that can prevent virus spread. However, …

The application in recent years of network theory methods to the study of host–virus interactions
is providing a new perspective to the way viruses manipulate the host to promote their …

The ability to control protein expression at both the transcriptional and post-transcriptional
levels is instrumental for the cell to integrate multiple molecular signals and then reach high …

Organisms have different circuitries that allow converting signal molecule levels to changes
in gene expression. An important challenge in synthetic biology involves the de novo design …

Gene expression is inherently stochastic and pervasively regulated. While substantial work
combining theory and experiments has been carried out to study how noise propagates …

Motivation: The biological solution for synthesis or remediation of organic compounds using
living organisms, particularly bacteria and yeast, has been promoted because of the cost …

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are major determinants of fruit flavor, a primary objective
in tomato breeding. A recombinant inbred line (RIL) population consisting of 169 lines …

A complex network of cellular receptors, RNA targeting pathways, and small-molecule
signaling provides robust plant immunity and tolerance to viruses. To maximize their fitness, …

Understanding the mechanisms by which plants trigger host defenses in response to
viruses has been a challenging problem owing to the multiplicity of factors and complexity of …