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ReviewNature communications2020

Building genomes to understand biology.

Alessandro L V Coradini, Cara B Hull, Ian M Ehrenreich

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In one paragraph

Review in Nature communications, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
20citing papers in PubMed
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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

20 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
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  3. Minimum-Cost Synthetic Genome Planning: An Algorithmic Framework.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2026
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  5. The design and engineering of synthetic genomes.Nature reviews. Genetics · 2025
    Review
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  9. Frontiers in genetics · 2024
    Review
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  13. Building synthetic chromosomes from natural DNA.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023
    Article
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  16. Synthetic Genomics From a Yeast Perspective.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2022
    Review
  17. Basics for Improved Use of Phages for Therapy.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
    Article
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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

3 authors.

Alessandro L V CoradiniMolecular and Computational Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089-2910, USA.
Cara B HullMolecular and Computational Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089-2910, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7683-3613
Ian M EhrenreichMolecular and Computational Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089-2910, USA. ian.ehrenreich@usc.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-5065-9063

Funding

Characterizing the complex underpinnings of genetic background effectsR35GM130381 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI Ian Michael Ehrenreich · 2019 to 2026
$3.3M
CBI: Chemistry Biology InterfaceT32GM118289 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI FORSBURG, SUSAN L · 2016 to 2020
$1.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM130381NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM118289
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genetic manipulation is one of the central strategies that biologists use to investigate the molecular underpinnings of life and its diversity. Thus, advances in genetic manipulation usually lead to a deeper understanding of biological systems. During the last decade, the construction of chromosomes, known as synthetic genomics, has emerged as a novel approach to genetic manipulation. By facilitating complex modifications to chromosome content and structure, synthetic genomics opens new opportunities for studying biology through genetic manipulation. Here, we discuss different classes of genetic manipulation that are enabled by synthetic genomics, as well as biological problems they each can help solve.

Indexed as

GenomeChimerismChromosomes, ArtificialCRISPR-Cas SystemsDNAEscherichia coliGenetic CodeGenomicsHumansPlasmidsSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSynthetic BiologyDNA

Identifiers

PMID33268788
PMCPMC7710724

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