Switching Gut Microbes On and Off (VIDEO)

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In this video and the paper published in the April 20 issue of Cell, Andrew Goodman's group present a powerful system to modulate gene expression of a common member of the human microbiota in vivo inside the gut by providing an inducer molecule in drinking water.

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Lim et al./<i>Cell</i> 2017

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