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ArticleNature communications2019

A standard for near-scarless plasmid construction using reusable DNA parts.

Xiaoqiang Ma, Hong Liang, Xiaoyi Cui, Yurou Liu, Hongyuan Lu, Wenbo Ning, Nga Yu Poon, Benjamin Ho, Kang Zhou

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Article in Nature communications, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Xiaoqiang MaDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 119077, Singapore.
Hong LiangDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 119077, Singapore.
Xiaoyi CuiDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 119077, Singapore.
Yurou LiuDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 119077, Singapore.
Hongyuan LuDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 119077, Singapore.
Wenbo NingDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 119077, Singapore.
Nga Yu PoonDisruptive & Sustainable Technologies for Agricultural Precision, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, Singapore, 138602, Singapore.
Benjamin HoDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 119077, Singapore.
Kang ZhouDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 119077, Singapore. kang.zhou@nus.edu.sg.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Here we report GT (Guanin/Thymine) standard (GTS) for plasmid construction under which DNA sequences are defined as two types of standard, reusable parts (fragment and barcode). We develop a technology that can efficiently add any two barcodes to two ends of any fragment without leaving scars in most cases. We can assemble up to seven such barcoded fragments into one plasmid by using one of the existing DNA assembly methods, including CLIVA, Gibson assembly, In-fusion cloning, and restriction enzyme-based methods. Plasmids constructed under GTS can be easily edited, and/or be further assembled into more complex plasmids by using standard DNA oligonucleotides (oligos). Based on 436 plasmids we constructed under GTS, the averaged accuracy of the workflow was 85.9%. GTS can also construct a library of plasmids from a set of fragments and barcodes combinatorically, which has been demonstrated to be useful for optimizing metabolic pathways.

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