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ArticleeLife2019

Essential metabolism for a minimal cell.

Marian Breuer, Emmy E Earnest, Chuck Merryman, Kim S Wise, Lijie Sun, Michaela R Lynott, Clyde A Hutchison, Hamilton O Smith, John D Lapek, David J Gonzalez and 6 more

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Article in eLife, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 99 papers.

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99citing papers in PubMed
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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

99 citing papers in PubMed.

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  19. Visualizing Cell Structures with Minecraft.Biophysicist (Rockville, Md.) · 2025
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39 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

16 authors.

Marian BreuerDepartment of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-0529-4031
Emmy E EarnestDepartment of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-1630-0791
Chuck MerrymanJ Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, United States.
Kim S WiseJ Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, United States.
Lijie SunJ Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, United States.
Michaela R LynottJ Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, United States.
Clyde A HutchisonJ Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, United States.
Hamilton O SmithJ Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, United States.
John D LapekDepartment of Pharmacology and School of Pharmacy, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, United States.
David J GonzalezDepartment of Pharmacology and School of Pharmacy, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, United States.
Valérie de Crécy-LagardDepartment of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States.
Drago HaasDepartment of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States.
Andrew D HansonHorticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States.
Piyush LabhsetwarDepartment of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, United States.
John I GlassJ Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, United States.
Zaida Luthey-SchultenDepartment of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-9749-8367

Funding

Department of Energy ORNL 4000134575National Science Foundation MCB-1244570National Science Foundation MCB-1611711National Science Foundation MCB 1818344National Science Foundation PHY 1430124National Science Foundation PHY 1430124 Postdoctoral FellowshipNIH HHS K12 GM06852University of California Office of the PresidentU.S. Department of Energy ORNL 4000134575
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

JCVI-syn3A, a robust minimal cell with a 543 kbp genome and 493 genes, provides a versatile platform to study the basics of life. Using the vast amount of experimental information available on its precursor,

Indexed as

Genes, EssentialGenome, BacterialAdenosine TriphosphateComputer SimulationDNA Transposable ElementsEscherichia coliFolic AcidKineticsMacromolecular SubstancesMutagenesisMycoplasma mycoidesProteomicsAdenosine TriphosphateDNA Transposable ElementsFolic AcidMacromolecular Substancescomputational biologygene essentialityJCVI-syn3Ametabolic reconstructionmycoplasmaproteomicssystems biologytransposon mutagenesis

Identifiers

PMID30657448
PMCPMC6609329

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