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Work from two independent groups opens the door to designing gene circuits with advanced regulatory functions.

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Figure 1: Modularity improves design in synthetic biology.

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  1. Jeffrey J. Tabor is in the Department of Bioengineering and Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology at Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA.,

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Tabor, J. Modular gene-circuit design takes two steps forward. Nat Methods 9, 1061–1063 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.2217

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