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ArticleNucleic acids research2019

A versatile platform strain for high-fidelity multiplex genome editing.

Robert G Egbert, Harneet S Rishi, Benjamin A Adler, Dylan M McCormick, Esteban Toro, Ryan T Gill, Adam P Arkin

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2019. 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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7 authors.

Robert G EgbertEnvironmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Harneet S RishiBiophysics Graduate Group, University of California - Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Benjamin A AdlerUC Berkeley-UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering, University of California - Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Dylan M McCormickDepartment of Bioengineering, University of California - Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Esteban ToroDepartment of Bioengineering, University of California - Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Ryan T GillDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.
Adam P ArkinEnvironmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.

Funding

GENOMICST32HG000047 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI RASMUS NIELSEN, Daniel Soleyman Rokhsar · 2000 to 2026
$13.5M
NHGRI NIH HHS T32 HG000047
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Precision genome editing accelerates the discovery of the genetic determinants of phenotype and the engineering of novel behaviors in organisms. Advances in DNA synthesis and recombineering have enabled high-throughput engineering of genetic circuits and biosynthetic pathways via directed mutagenesis of bacterial chromosomes. However, the highest recombination efficiencies have to date been reported in persistent mutator strains, which suffer from reduced genomic fidelity. The absence of inducible transcriptional regulators in these strains also prevents concurrent control of genome engineering tools and engineered functions. Here, we introduce a new recombineering platform strain, BioDesignER, which incorporates (i) a refactored λ-Red recombination system that reduces toxicity and accelerates multi-cycle recombination, (ii) genetic modifications that boost recombination efficiency, and (iii) four independent inducible regulators to control engineered functions. These modifications resulted in single-cycle recombineering efficiencies of up to 25% with a 7-fold increase in recombineering fidelity compared to the widely used recombineering strain EcNR2. To facilitate genome engineering in BioDesignER, we have curated eight context--neutral genomic loci, termed Safe Sites, for stable gene expression and consistent recombination efficiency. BioDesignER is a platform to develop and optimize engineered cellular functions and can serve as a model to implement comparable recombination and regulatory systems in other bacteria.

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Bacteriophage lambdaChromosomes, BacterialGene EditingGenetic EngineeringHomologous RecombinationMutagenesis

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PMID30788501
PMCPMC6451135

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