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ArticleACS synthetic biology2023

Improved Combinatorial Assembly and Barcode Sequencing for Gene-Sized DNA Constructs.

Diana Hernandez Hernandez, Lin Ding, Ayako Murao, Lukas R Dahlin, Gabriella Li, Kathleen L Arnolds, Melissa Amezola, Amit Klein, Aishwarya Mitra, Sonia Mecacci and 3 more

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Article in ACS synthetic biology, 2023. 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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  1. A unified genetic perturbation language for human cellular programming.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Diana Hernandez HernandezSynthetic Biology and Bioenergy Group, J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-3914-3581
Lin DingSynthetic Biology and Bioenergy Group, J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, United States.
Ayako MuraoSynthetic Biology and Bioenergy Group, J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, United States.
Lukas R DahlinNational Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States.
Gabriella LiNational Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States.
Kathleen L ArnoldsNational Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States.
Melissa AmezolaSynthetic Biology and Bioenergy Group, J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, United States.
Amit KleinSynthetic Biology and Bioenergy Group, J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, United States.
Aishwarya MitraSynthetic Biology and Bioenergy Group, J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, United States.
Sonia MecacciSynthetic Biology and Bioenergy Group, J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, United States.
Jeffrey G LingerNational Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States.
Michael T GuarnieriNational Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States.
Yo SuzukiSynthetic Biology and Bioenergy Group, J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-2797-6922

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Synergistic and supportive interactions among genes can be incorporated in engineering biology to enhance and stabilize the performance of biological systems, but combinatorial numerical explosion challenges the analysis of multigene interactions. The incorporation of DNA barcodes to mark genes coupled with next-generation sequencing offers a solution to this challenge. We describe improvements for a key method in this space, CombiGEM, to broaden its application to assembling typical gene-sized DNA fragments and to reduce the cost of sequencing for prevalent small-scale projects. The expanded reach of the method beyond currently targeted small RNA genes promotes the discovery and incorporation of gene synergy in natural and engineered processes such as biocontainment, the production of desired compounds, and previously uncharacterized fundamental biological mechanisms.

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DNAHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingDNAcombinatorial genetics en masseenzymatic ligation assisted by nucleasesepistasisgenetic interactionmultigene synergy for biocontainmentnext-generation sequencing

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PMID37582217
PMCPMC10510714

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