ArticlePLoS biology2023
No assembly required: Time for stronger, simpler publishing standards for DNA sequences.
Article in PLoS biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- Sequencing Strategy to Ensure Accurate Plasmid Assembly.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
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Authors and funding
3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Uniformly accessible DNA sequences are needed to improve experimental reproducibility and automation. Rather than descriptions of how engineered DNA is assembled, publishers should require complete and empirically validated sequences.
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