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ReviewNature reviews. Genetics2015

Chromatin regulation at the frontier of synthetic biology.

Albert J Keung, J Keith Joung, Ahmad S Khalil, James J Collins

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Review in Nature reviews. Genetics, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
48citing papers in PubMed
9.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed, 109 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Role of Non-Coding Variants in Brugada Syndrome.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Albert J Keung1] Department of Biomedical Engineering and Center of Synthetic Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA. [2] Institute for Medical Engineering &Science, Synthetic Biology Center and Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
J Keith Joung1] Molecular Pathology Unit, Center for Cancer Research, and Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129, USA. [2] Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Ahmad S Khalil1] Department of Biomedical Engineering and Center of Synthetic Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA. [2] Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
James J Collins1] Institute for Medical Engineering &Science, Synthetic Biology Center and Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. [2] Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. [3] Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA.
Boston University · USCenter for Cancer Research · USMassachusetts Institute of Technology · US

Funding

Customized stem cells for clinical application in blood disordersR24DK092760 · NIDDK · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI COLLINS, JAMES J, DALEY, GEORGE Q · 2011 to 2018
$10.7M
Advancing stem cell technologies using engineered zinc finger proteinsDP1GM105378 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI JOUNG, J. KEITH · 2012 to 2014
$2.6M
Advancing stem cell technologies using engineered zinc finger proteinsDP1OD006862 · OD · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI JOUNG, J. KEITH · 2010 to 2011
$1.8M
Chromatin-Based Cellular Memory and Spatial Genomic RegulationF32GM105272 · NIGMS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI KEUNG, ALBERT JUN QI · 2014 to 2015
$106k
NIDDK NIH HHS R24 DK092760NIGMS NIH HHS DP1 GM105378NIGMS NIH HHS F32 GM105272NIH HHS DP1 OD006862
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As synthetic biology approaches are extended to diverse applications throughout medicine, biotechnology and basic biological research, there is an increasing need to engineer yeast, plant and mammalian cells. Eukaryotic genomes are regulated by the diverse biochemical and biophysical states of chromatin, which brings distinct challenges, as well as opportunities, over applications in bacteria. Recent synthetic approaches, including 'epigenome editing', have allowed the direct and functional dissection of many aspects of physiological chromatin regulation. These studies lay the foundation for biomedical and biotechnological engineering applications that could take advantage of the unique combinatorial and spatiotemporal layers of chromatin regulation to create synthetic systems of unprecedented sophistication.

Indexed as

Epigenesis, GeneticGenomeSynthetic BiologyAnimalsCell EngineeringChromatinHistonesHumansPlantsRNA, UntranslatedSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSystems BiologyChromatinHistonesRNA, Untranslated

Identifiers

PMID25668787
PMCPMC4846386
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