Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27136078›Full record

ArticleNature biotechnology2016

DNA-guided genome editing using the Natronobacterium gregoryi Argonaute.

Feng Gao, Xiao Z Shen, Feng Jiang, Yongqiang Wu, Chunyu Han

RetractedAbstract readRetracted Publication
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Nature biotechnology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 78 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
78citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

78 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Application ofJournal of bacteriology · 2025
    Article
  3. Review
  4. Review
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Review
  8. Review
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Review
  13. Article
  14. Article
  15. Article
  16. Review
  17. HPV Oncogene Manipulation Using Nonvirally Delivered CRISPR/Cas9 orAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2018
    Article
  18. Article
  19. Article
  20. Article

18 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Feng GaoDepartment of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Xiao Z ShenDepartment of Physiology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Feng JiangDepartment of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Yongqiang WuDepartment of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Chunyu HanDepartment of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The RNA-guided endonuclease Cas9 has made genome editing a widely accessible technique. Similar to Cas9, endonucleases from the Argonaute protein family also use oligonucleotides as guides to degrade invasive genomes. Here we report that the Natronobacterium gregoryi Argonaute (NgAgo) is a DNA-guided endonuclease suitable for genome editing in human cells. NgAgo binds 5' phosphorylated single-stranded guide DNA (gDNA) of ∼24 nucleotides, efficiently creates site-specific DNA double-strand breaks when loaded with the gDNA. The NgAgo-gDNA system does not require a protospacer-adjacent motif (PAM), as does Cas9, and preliminary characterization suggests a low tolerance to guide-target mismatches and high efficiency in editing (G+C)-rich genomic targets.

Indexed as

DeoxyribonucleasesDNA, BacterialGene EditingGenome, BacterialNatronobacteriumSpecies SpecificityDeoxyribonucleasesDNA, Bacterial

Identifiers

PMID27136078

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.