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ReviewCurrent genetics2018

Synthetic genome recoding: new genetic codes for new features.

James Kuo, Finn Stirling, Yu Heng Lau, Yekaterina Shulgina, Jeffrey C Way, Pamela A Silver

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In one paragraph

Review in Current genetics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. AddictingACS chemical biology · 2020
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  6. Building genomes to understand biology.Nature communications · 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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

James KuoDepartment of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Finn StirlingDepartment of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Yu Heng LauDepartment of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Yekaterina ShulginaDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA.
Jeffrey C WayDepartment of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Pamela A SilverDepartment of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. pamela_silver@hms.harvard.edu.
Harvard University · USCenter for Systems Biology · US

Funding

Training in Molecular, Cellular, and Chemical BiologyT32GM007598 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI DULAC, CATHERINE · 1985 to 2019
$16.2M
Harvard Systems Biology Graduate ProgramT32GM080177 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI MITCHISON, TIMOTHY J, MURRAY, ANDREW W · 2010 to 2019
$2.8M
A synchronized circadian clock in gut bacteria, using control theoryF32GM125108 · NIGMS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI KUO, JAMES C. · 2017 to 2019
$179k
NIGMS NIH HHS F32 GM125108NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007598NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM080177
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Full genome recoding, or rewriting codon meaning, through chemical synthesis of entire bacterial chromosomes has become feasible in the past several years. Recoding an organism can impart new properties including non-natural amino acid incorporation, virus resistance, and biocontainment. The estimated cost of construction that includes DNA synthesis, assembly by recombination, and troubleshooting, is now comparable to costs of early stage development of drugs or other high-tech products. Here, we discuss several recently published assembly methods and provide some thoughts on the future, including how synthetic efforts might benefit from the analysis of natural recoding processes and organisms that use alternative genetic codes.

Indexed as

Evolution, MolecularCodonDNAEscherichia coliGenes, SyntheticGenetic CodeGenetic EngineeringGenome, BacterialCodonDNAAlternative genetic codeEditingReassignment

Identifiers

PMID28983660
PMCPMC5849531
OpenAlexW2764333595

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