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ArticleNature2023

Continuous synthesis of E. coli genome sections and Mb-scale human DNA assembly.

Jérôme F Zürcher, Askar A Kleefeldt, Louise F H Funke, Jakob Birnbaum, Julius Fredens, Simona Grazioli, Kim C Liu, Martin Spinck, Gianluca Petris, Pierre Murat and 3 more

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Article in Nature, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
16.0field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

31 citing papers in PubMed, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. ABI and generative biology: A new paradigm for gene therapy, genome engineering, and engineered cell therapy.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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  19. The design and engineering of synthetic genomes.Nature reviews. Genetics · 2025
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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

13 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jérôme F Zürcher *Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.
Askar A Kleefeldt *Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1067-7782
Louise F H Funke *Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.
Jakob Birnbaum *Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1419-522X
Julius Fredens *Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.
Simona GrazioliMedical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.
Kim C LiuMedical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8164-2464
Martin SpinckMedical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4708-8500
Gianluca PetrisMedical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2420-6359
Pierre MuratMedical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.
Fabian B H RehmMedical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2508-8582
Julian E SaleMedical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5031-3780
Jason W ChinMedical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK. chin@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0003-1219-4757
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology · GBNational University of Singapore · SG

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_U105178808Medical Research Council MC_U105181009Medical Research Council MC_UP_A024_1008Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Whole-genome synthesis provides a powerful approach for understanding and expanding organism function

Indexed as

Chromosomes, Artificial, BacterialDNAEscherichia coliGenome, BacterialSynthetic BiologyExonsG-QuadruplexesHumansIntronsLong Interspersed Nucleotide ElementsOligodeoxyribonucleotidesPlasmidsRepetitive Sequences, Nucleic AcidShort Interspersed Nucleotide ElementsTime FactorsDNAOligodeoxyribonucleotides

Identifiers

PMID37380776
PMCPMC7614783
OpenAlexW4382394376

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