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Phenotypes on demand via switchable target protein degradation in multicellular organisms

Overview of attention for article published in Nature Communications, July 2016
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Title
Phenotypes on demand via switchable target protein degradation in multicellular organisms
Published in
Nature Communications, July 2016
DOI 10.1038/ncomms12202
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Authors

Frederik Faden, Thomas Ramezani, Stefan Mielke, Isabel Almudi, Knud Nairz, Marceli S. Froehlich, Jörg Höckendorff, Wolfgang Brandt, Wolfgang Hoehenwarter, R. Jürgen Dohmen, Arp Schnittger, Nico Dissmeyer

Abstract

Phenotypes on-demand generated by controlling activation and accumulation of proteins of interest are invaluable tools to analyse and engineer biological processes. While temperature-sensitive alleles are frequently used as conditional mutants in microorganisms, they are usually difficult to identify in multicellular species. Here we present a versatile and transferable, genetically stable system based on a low-temperature-controlled N-terminal degradation signal (lt-degron) that allows reversible and switch-like tuning of protein levels under physiological conditions in vivo. Thereby, developmental effects can be triggered and phenotypes on demand generated. The lt-degron was established to produce conditional and cell-type-specific phenotypes and is generally applicable in a wide range of organisms, from eukaryotic microorganisms to plants and poikilothermic animals. We have successfully applied this system to control the abundance and function of transcription factors and different enzymes by tunable protein accumulation.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 2 2%
Netherlands 2 2%
Germany 1 <1%
Chile 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Unknown 116 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 28 23%
Researcher 25 20%
Student > Master 13 11%
Student > Bachelor 12 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 6 5%
Other 18 15%
Unknown 21 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 48 39%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 40 33%
Chemical Engineering 4 3%
Chemistry 2 2%
Computer Science 1 <1%
Other 4 3%
Unknown 24 20%

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 95. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 31 January 2023.
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#395,647
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#6,635
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#8,696
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