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ReviewExperimental cell research2020

The unique kind of human artificial chromosome: Bypassing the requirement for repetitive centromere DNA.

Craig W Gambogi, Jennine M Dawicki-McKenna, Glennis A Logsdon, Ben E Black

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Review in Experimental cell research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Satellitome Analysis ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  4. Centromeres Transcription and Transcripts for Better and for Worse.Progress in molecular and subcellular biology · 2021
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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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Craig W GambogiDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Graduate Program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Penn Center for Genome Integrity, and Epigenetics Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Jennine M Dawicki-McKennaDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Graduate Program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Penn Center for Genome Integrity, and Epigenetics Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Glennis A LogsdonDepartment of Genome Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
Ben E BlackDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Graduate Program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Penn Center for Genome Integrity, and Epigenetics Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA. Electronic address: blackbe@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
University of Pennsylvania · USUniversity of Washington · US

Funding

Centromere identity, strength, and regulationR35GM130302 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Ben E. Black · 2019 to 2026
$4.3M
Centromere Sequence, Variation, and FunctionF32GM134558 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI LOGSDON, GLENNIS AMELIA · 2019 to 2021
$195k
NIGMS NIH HHS F32 GM134558NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM130302
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Centromeres are essential components of all eukaryotic chromosomes, including artificial/synthetic ones built in the laboratory. In humans, centromeres are typically located on repetitive α-satellite DNA, and these sequences are the "major ingredient" in first-generation human artificial chromosomes (HACs). Repetitive centromeric sequences present a major challenge for the design of synthetic mammalian chromosomes because they are difficult to synthesize, assemble, and characterize. Additionally, in most eukaryotes, centromeres are defined epigenetically. Here, we review the role of the genetic and epigenetic contributions to establishing centromere identity, highlighting recent work to hijack the epigenetic machinery to initiate centromere identity on a new generation of HACs built without α-satellite DNA. We also discuss the opportunities and challenges in developing useful unique sequence-based HACs.

Indexed as

Chromosomes, Artificial, HumanEpigenesis, GeneticAnimalsCentromereChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneDNA, SatelliteHumansChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneDNA, SatelliteCENP-ACentromereChromatinHACHJURP

Identifiers

PMID32246994
PMCPMC7253334
OpenAlexW3014208429

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