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ReviewNature reviews. Molecular cell biology2015

Bricks and blueprints: methods and standards for DNA assembly.

Arturo Casini, Marko Storch, Geoffrey S Baldwin, Tom Ellis

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Review in Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 123 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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123citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

123 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  4. Technologies for engineering repetitive DNA.Quantitative biology (Beijing, China) · 2026
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  8. Probiotic-Based Materials as Living Therapeutics.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026
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  13. Journal of virology · 2025
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  14. Construction of antibiotic-free riboflavin producer inSynthetic and systems biotechnology · 2025
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  17. Recent technology advancements in large-scale DNA assembly.Quantitative biology (Beijing, China) · 2025
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63 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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.

Arturo CasiniCentre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
Marko StorchCentre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
Geoffrey S BaldwinCentre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
Tom EllisCentre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

DNA assembly is a key part of constructing gene expression systems and even whole chromosomes. In the past decade, a plethora of powerful new DNA assembly methods - including Gibson Assembly, Golden Gate and ligase cycling reaction (LCR) - have been developed. In this Innovation article, we discuss these methods as well as standards such as the modular cloning (MoClo) system, GoldenBraid, modular overlap-directed assembly with linkers (MODAL) and PaperClip, which have been developed to facilitate a streamlined assembly workflow, to aid the exchange of material between research groups and to create modular reusable DNA parts.

Indexed as

Cloning, MolecularEndonucleasesGenetic EngineeringRecombination, GeneticReference StandardsSynthetic BiologyEndonucleases

Identifiers

PMID26081612

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