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ArticleSynthetic biology (Oxford, England)2020

Single enzyme RT-PCR of full-length ribosomal RNA.

Michael J Hammerling, Danielle J Yoesep, Michael C Jewett

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Article in Synthetic biology (Oxford, England), 2020. 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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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michael J HammerlingDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0499-6795
Danielle J YoesepDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
Michael C JewettDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
Northwestern University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ribosome is a two-subunit, macromolecular machine composed of RNA and proteins that carries out the polymerization of α-amino acids into polypeptides. Efforts to engineer ribosomal RNA (rRNA) deepen our understanding of molecular translation and provide opportunities to expand the chemistry of life by creating ribosomes with altered properties. Toward these efforts, reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR) of the entire 16S and 23S rRNAs, which make up the 30S small subunit and 50S large subunit, respectively, is important for isolating desired phenotypes. However, reverse transcription of rRNA is challenging due to extensive secondary structure and post-transcriptional modifications. One key challenge is that existing commercial kits for RT-PCR rely on reverse transcriptases that lack the extreme thermostability and processivity found in many commercial DNA polymerases, which can result in subpar performance on challenging templates. Here, we develop methods employing a synthetic thermostable reverse transcriptase (RTX) to enable and optimize RT-PCR of the complete

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directed evolutionin vitroribosome constructionRT-PCRsynthetic biology

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PMID33409375
PMCPMC7772474
OpenAlexW3111913533

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