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ArticleNucleic acids research2015

GenoLIB: a database of biological parts derived from a library of common plasmid features.

Neil R Adames, Mandy L Wilson, Gang Fang, Matthew W Lux, Benjamin S Glick, Jean Peccoud

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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Neil R AdamesVirginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, 1015 Life Science Circle, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
Mandy L WilsonVirginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, 1015 Life Science Circle, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
Gang FangVirginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, 1015 Life Science Circle, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA School of Biological Technology, Xi'an University of Arts and Science, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province 710065, China.
Matthew W LuxVirginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, 1015 Life Science Circle, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA Biosciences Division, Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, 5183 Blackhawk Rd Aberdeen Proving Grounds MD 21010, USA.
Benjamin S GlickMolecular Genetics & Cell Biology, University of Chicago, 920 E. 58th St., Chicago, IL 60637, USA GSL Biotech LLC, 5211 S. Kenwood Ave., Chicago, IL 60615, USA.
Jean PeccoudVirginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, 1015 Life Science Circle, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA peccoud@vt.edu.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Synthetic biologists rely on databases of biological parts to design genetic devices and systems. The sequences and descriptions of genetic parts are often derived from features of previously described plasmids using ad hoc, error-prone and time-consuming curation processes because existing databases of plasmids and features are loosely organized. These databases often lack consistency in the way they identify and describe sequences. Furthermore, legacy bioinformatics file formats like GenBank do not provide enough information about the purpose of features. We have analyzed the annotations of a library of ∼2000 widely used plasmids to build a non-redundant database of plasmid features. We looked at the variability of plasmid features, their usage statistics and their distributions by feature type. We segmented the plasmid features by expression hosts. We derived a library of biological parts from the database of plasmid features. The library was formatted using the Synthetic Biology Open Language, an emerging standard developed to better organize libraries of genetic parts to facilitate synthetic biology workflows. As proof, the library was converted into GenoCAD grammar files to allow users to import and customize the library based on the needs of their research projects.

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Databases, Nucleic AcidGene LibraryMolecular Sequence AnnotationPlasmidsSequence Analysis, DNASynthetic Biology

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PMID25925571
PMCPMC4446419

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