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ArticleNature biotechnology2020

Phage-assisted evolution of an adenine base editor with improved Cas domain compatibility and activity.

Michelle F Richter, Kevin T Zhao, Elliot Eton, Audrone Lapinaite, Gregory A Newby, B W Thuronyi, Christopher Wilson, Luke W Koblan, Jing Zeng, Daniel E Bauer and 2 more

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Article in Nature biotechnology, 2020. 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 681 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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681citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
43.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

681 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 996 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. CRISPR for cystic fibrosis: Advances and insights from a systematic review.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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  3. Base Editing: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Applications.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2027
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  8. Proteasomal surveillance of exposed cysteines.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  13. Engineered Transformer Base Editor with Enhanced Editing Efficiency.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Michelle F Richter *Merkin Institute of Transformative Technologies in Healthcare, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Kevin T Zhao *Merkin Institute of Transformative Technologies in Healthcare, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3440-2094
Elliot EtonMerkin Institute of Transformative Technologies in Healthcare, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8980-9310
Audrone LapinaiteDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9427-9342
Gregory A NewbyMerkin Institute of Transformative Technologies in Healthcare, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7869-2615
B W ThuronyiMerkin Institute of Transformative Technologies in Healthcare, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Christopher WilsonMerkin Institute of Transformative Technologies in Healthcare, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8012-2440
Luke W KoblanMerkin Institute of Transformative Technologies in Healthcare, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Jing ZengDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Daniel E BauerDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Jennifer A DoudnaDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9161-999X
David R LiuMerkin Institute of Transformative Technologies in Healthcare, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA. drliu@fas.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9943-7557
Broad Institute · USBoston Children's Hospital · USArizona State University · USHoward Hughes Medical Institute · US

Funding

VIROSOME/PROTEOLIPOSOME MEDIATED GENE TRANSFERP01HL053749 · NHLBI · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI WEISS, MITCHELL J · 1994 to 2022
$43.6M
Center for Genomic Editing and Recording: Development and Application of Next-Generation Genome and Epigenome Editing Methods to Advance the Study and Treatment of Human DiseaseRM1HG009490 · NHGRI · WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RES · PI Brittany S. Adamson, Martin Joseph Ankrah Aryee · 2017 to 2026
$22.7M
Integrating Chemistry and Evolution to Illuminate Biology and Enable Novel TherapeuticsR35GM118062 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI LIU, DAVID R · 2016 to 2025
$6.4M
Principles of Scientific Citizenship: Ethics, Communication, and Leadership for ScientistsT32GM095450 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI WALKER, SUZANNE · 2011 to 2020
$3.5M
Expanding the Scope of Base EditingU01AI142756 · NIAID · BROAD INSTITUTE, INC. · PI LIU, DAVID R · 2018 to 2022
$2.1M
Continuous Evolution of Proteins with Novel Therapeutic PotentialR01EB022376 · NIBIB · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI LIU, DAVID R · 2016 to 2019
$1.8M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNHGRI NIH HHS RM1 HG009490NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL053749NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI142756NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB022376NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM118062NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM095450
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Applications of adenine base editors (ABEs) have been constrained by the limited compatibility of the deoxyadenosine deaminase component with Cas homologs other than SpCas9. We evolved the deaminase component of ABE7.10 using phage-assisted non-continuous and continuous evolution (PANCE and PACE), which resulted in ABE8e. ABE8e contains eight additional mutations that increase activity (k

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AdenineAdenosine DeaminaseBacteriophagesCRISPR-Cas SystemsDNAGene EditingHEK293 CellsHumansMutagenesisMutationRNAAdenineAdenosine DeaminaseDNARNA

Identifiers

PMID32433547
PMCPMC7357821
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