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ArticleNature2024

TnpB homologues exapted from transposons are RNA-guided transcription factors.

Tanner Wiegand, Florian T Hoffmann, Matt W G Walker, Stephen Tang, Egill Richard, Hoang C Le, Chance Meers, Samuel H Sternberg

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Article in Nature, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. A phage takes the wheel.Nature microbiology · 2026
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  15. Stepwise DNA unwinding gates TnpB genome-editing activity.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  17. Structure and evolution-guided design of minimal RNA-guided nucleases.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  18. Mutational scanning of TnpB reveals latent activity for genome editing.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Tanner WiegandDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Florian T HoffmannDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0301-4259
Matt W G WalkerDepartment of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3345-8248
Stephen TangDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5492-9796
Egill RichardDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Hoang C LeDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Chance MeersDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2554-3987
Samuel H SternbergDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. shsternberg@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0001-8240-9114

Funding

Center for Genomic Editing and Recording: Development and Application of Next-Generation Genome and Epigenome Editing Methods to Advance the Study and Treatment of Human DiseaseRM1HG009490 · NHGRI · WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RES · PI Brittany S. Adamson, Martin Joseph Ankrah Aryee · 2017 to 2026
$22.7M
Medical Scientist Training ProgramT32GM145440 · NIGMS · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI STEVEN L REINER · 2022 to 2026
$7.3M
Leveraging Programmable Integrases for Human Genome EngineeringDP2HG011650 · NHGRI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI STERNBERG, SAMUEL HENRY · 2020 to 2020
$2.4M
Uncovering the molecular function of novel transposon-encoded Cas9 homologsF32GM143924 · NIGMS · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI MEERS, CHANCE · 2022 to 2023
$139k
NHGRI NIH HHS DP2 HG011650NHGRI NIH HHS RM1 HG009490NIGMS NIH HHS F32 GM143924NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM145440
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transposon-encoded tnpB and iscB genes encode RNA-guided DNA nucleases that promote their own selfish spread through targeted DNA cleavage and homologous recombination

Indexed as

DNA Transposable ElementsEnterobacteriaceaeEvolution, MolecularRNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas SystemsTranscription FactorsTransposasesBacteriophagesCRISPR-Associated Protein 9CRISPR-Cas SystemsEnterobacterEscherichia coliPhylogenyPromoter Regions, GeneticRepetitive Sequences, Nucleic AcidRepressor ProteinsCRISPR-Associated Protein 9DNA Transposable ElementsRepressor ProteinsRNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas SystemsTranscription FactorsTransposases

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PMID38926585
PMCPMC11702177

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