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ArticleMolecular systems biology2013

In vitro integration of ribosomal RNA synthesis, ribosome assembly, and translation.

Michael C Jewett, Brian R Fritz, Laura E Timmerman, George M Church

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Article in Molecular systems biology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 90 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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90citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

90 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 173 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Michael C JewettDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. m-jewett@northwestern.edu
Brian R Fritz
Laura E Timmerman
George M Church
Harvard University · USNorthwestern University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purely in vitro ribosome synthesis could provide a critical step towards unraveling the systems biology of ribosome biogenesis, constructing minimal cells from defined components, and engineering ribosomes with new functions. Here, as an initial step towards this goal, we report a method for constructing Escherichia coli ribosomes in crude S150 E. coli extracts. While conventional methods for E. coli ribosome reconstitution are non-physiological, our approach attempts to mimic chemical conditions in the cytoplasm, thus permitting several biological processes to occur simultaneously. Specifically, our integrated synthesis, assembly, and translation (iSAT) technology enables one-step co-activation of rRNA transcription, assembly of transcribed rRNA with native ribosomal proteins into functional ribosomes, and synthesis of active protein by these ribosomes in the same compartment. We show that iSAT makes possible the in vitro construction of modified ribosomes by introducing a 23S rRNA mutation that mediates resistance against clindamycin. We anticipate that iSAT will aid studies of ribosome assembly and open new avenues for making ribosomes with altered properties.

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Genetic EngineeringCentrifugation, Density GradientClindamycinDrug Resistance, BacterialEscherichia coliMutationProtein Synthesis InhibitorsRibosomal ProteinsRibosomesRNA, Ribosomal, 23STranscription, GeneticClindamycinProtein Synthesis InhibitorsRibosomal ProteinsRNA, Ribosomal, 23S

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PMID23799452
PMCPMC3964315
OpenAlexW2145029585

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