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ArticleNucleic acids research2020

DropSynth 2.0: high-fidelity multiplexed gene synthesis in emulsions.

Angus M Sidore, Calin Plesa, Joyce A Samson, Nathan B Lubock, Sriram Kosuri

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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5 authors.

Angus M SidoreDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Calin PlesaDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Joyce A SamsonDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Nathan B LubockDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Sriram KosuriDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.

Funding

REVERSE GENOMICS OF REGULATORY ELEMENTS GOVERNING SPLICINGDP2GM114829 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI KOSURI, SRIRAM · 2014 to 2014
$2.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS DP2 GM114829
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiplexed assays allow functional testing of large synthetic libraries of genetic elements, but are limited by the designability, length, fidelity and scale of the input DNA. Here, we improve DropSynth, a low-cost, multiplexed method that builds gene libraries by compartmentalizing and assembling microarray-derived oligonucleotides in vortexed emulsions. By optimizing enzyme choice, adding enzymatic error correction and increasing scale, we show that DropSynth can build thousands of gene-length fragments at >20% fidelity.

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Gene LibraryGenes, SyntheticEmulsionsEscherichia coliNucleic Acid Amplification TechniquesOligonucleotidesEmulsionsOligonucleotides

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PMID32692349
PMCPMC7498354

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