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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2017

Genome-wide engineering of an infectious clone of herpes simplex virus type 1 using synthetic genomics assembly methods.

Lauren M Oldfield, Peter Grzesik, Alexander A Voorhies, Nina Alperovich, Derek MacMath, Claudia D Najera, Diya Sabrina Chandra, Sanjana Prasad, Vladimir N Noskov, Michael G Montague and 3 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers.

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54citing papers in PubMed
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

54 citing papers in PubMed, 84 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lauren M OldfieldDepartment of Synthetic Biology and Bioenergy, J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD 20850.ORCID 0000-0003-0796-2192
Peter GrzesikDepartment of Oncology, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21231.
Alexander A VoorhiesDepartment of Infectious Diseases, J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD 20850.
Nina AlperovichDepartment of Synthetic Biology and Bioenergy, J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD 20850.
Derek MacMathDepartment of Oncology, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21231.
Claudia D NajeraDepartment of Synthetic Biology and Bioenergy, J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD 20850.
Diya Sabrina ChandraDepartment of Oncology, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21231.
Sanjana PrasadDepartment of Oncology, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21231.
Vladimir N NoskovDepartment of Synthetic Biology and Bioenergy, J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD 20850.
Michael G MontagueDepartment of Synthetic Biology and Bioenergy, J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD 20850.
Robert M FriedmanPolicy Center, J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037.
Prashant J DesaiDepartment of Oncology, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21231; pdesai@jhmi.edu svashee@jcvi.org.
Sanjay VasheeDepartment of Synthetic Biology and Bioenergy, J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD 20850; pdesai@jhmi.edu svashee@jcvi.org.ORCID 0000-0001-6374-438X
J. Craig Venter Institute · USJohns Hopkins University · US

Funding

Development of a virion display (VirD) array to profile human GPCR interactionsR33CA186790 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI DESAI, PRASHANT J, ZHU, HENG · 2015 to 2017
$1.2M
Combinatory Genomic Assembly to Assess HSV-1 PhenotypesR21AI109418 · NIAID · J. CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE, INC. · PI VASHEE, SANJAY · 2014 to 2015
$523k
Engineering Herpesviruses using Synthetic GenomicsR21AI109338 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI DESAI, PRASHANT J, VASHEE, SANJAY · 2015 to 2016
$482k
Bridging KSHV capsids to the nuclear egress complexR21AI107537 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI DESAI, PRASHANT J · 2013 to 2014
$431k
NCI NIH HHS R33 CA186790NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI107537NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI109338NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI109418
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Here, we present a transformational approach to genome engineering of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), which has a large DNA genome, using synthetic genomics tools. We believe this method will enable more rapid and complex modifications of HSV-1 and other large DNA viruses than previous technologies, facilitating many useful applications. Yeast transformation-associated recombination was used to clone 11 fragments comprising the HSV-1 strain KOS 152 kb genome. Using overlapping sequences between the adjacent pieces, we assembled the fragments into a complete virus genome in yeast, transferred it into an

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AnimalsBacterial ProteinsChlorocebus aethiopsChromosomes, Artificial, BacterialEscherichia coliGenome, ViralGenomicsHerpesvirus 1, HumanLuminescent ProteinsRecombinant Fusion ProteinsRecombination, GeneticSaccharomyces cerevisiaeVero CellsVirus AssemblyBacterial ProteinsLuminescent ProteinsRecombinant Fusion Proteinsyellow fluorescent protein, Bacteriagenome-wide engineeringherpes simplex virus type 1herpesvirussynthetic genomicstegument genes

Identifiers

PMID28928148
PMCPMC5651731
OpenAlexW2754914742

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