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ArticleSynthetic biology (Oxford, England)2019

Optimization of the experimental parameters of the ligase cycling reaction.

Niels Schlichting, Felix Reinhardt, Sven Jager, Michael Schmidt, Johannes Kabisch

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Article in Synthetic biology (Oxford, England), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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2 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Niels SchlichtingDepartment of Biology, Computer-Aided Synthetic Biology, TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany.
Felix ReinhardtDepartment of Physics, Computational Biology and Simulation, TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany.
Sven JagerDepartment of Physics, Computational Biology and Simulation, TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany.
Michael SchmidtDepartment of Physics, Computational Biology and Simulation, TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany.
Johannes KabischDepartment of Biology, Computer-Aided Synthetic Biology, TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany.
Technical University of Darmstadt · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ligase cycling reaction (LCR) is a scarless and efficient method to assemble plasmids from fragments of DNA. This assembly method is based on the hybridization of DNA fragments with complementary oligonucleotides, so-called bridging oligos (BOs), and an experimental procedure of thermal denaturation, annealing and ligation. In this study, we explore the effect of molecular crosstalk of BOs and various experimental parameters on the LCR by utilizing a fluorescence-based screening system. The results indicate an impact of the melting temperatures of BOs on the overall success of the LCR assembly. Secondary structure inhibitors, such as dimethyl sulfoxide and betaine, are shown to negatively impact the number of correctly assembled plasmids. Adjustments of the annealing, ligation and BO-melting temperature further improved the LCR. The optimized LCR was confirmed by validation experiments. Based on these findings, a step-by-step protocol is offered within this study to ensure a routine for high efficient LCR assemblies.

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computer-aided bridging oligo designDNA assemblyligase cycling reactionsecondary structures

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PMID32995543
PMCPMC7445781
OpenAlexW2967671017

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