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ArticleCell reports methods2022

Harnessing stepping-stone hosts to engineer, select, and reboot synthetic bacteriophages in one pot.

Li Cheng, Ziqing Deng, Haoran Tao, Wenchen Song, Bo Xing, Wenfeng Liu, Lingxin Kong, Shengjian Yuan, Yingfei Ma, Yayun Wu and 8 more

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Article in Cell reports methods, 2022. 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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20citing papers in PubMed
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Li ChengBGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China.
Ziqing DengBGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China.
Haoran TaoBGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China.
Wenchen SongBGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China.
Bo XingBGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China.
Wenfeng LiuBGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China.
Lingxin KongBGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China.
Shengjian YuanShenzhen Key Laboratory of Synthetic Genomics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Synthetic Genomics, CAS Key Laboratory of Quantitative Engineering Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China.
Yingfei MaShenzhen Key Laboratory of Synthetic Genomics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Synthetic Genomics, CAS Key Laboratory of Quantitative Engineering Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China.
Yayun WuInfection Control Center, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, Hunan, China.
Xun HuangInfection Control Center, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, Hunan, China.
Yun PengShenzhen Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Immunity, Guangdong Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Emerging Infectious Diseases, State Key Discipline of Infectious Disease, Second Hospital Affiliated to Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, 518112 Shenzhen, China.
Nai-Kei WongShenzhen Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Immunity, Guangdong Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Emerging Infectious Diseases, State Key Discipline of Infectious Disease, Second Hospital Affiliated to Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, 518112 Shenzhen, China.
Yingxia LiuShenzhen Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Immunity, Guangdong Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Emerging Infectious Diseases, State Key Discipline of Infectious Disease, Second Hospital Affiliated to Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, 518112 Shenzhen, China.
Yun WangBGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China.
Yue ShenBGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China.
Junhua LiBGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China.
Minfeng XiaoBGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China.
BGI Group (China) · CNSouthern University of Science and Technology · CNCentral South University · CNShenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Advances in synthetic genomics have led to a great demand for genetic manipulation. Trimming any process to simplify and accelerate streamlining of genetic code into life holds great promise for synthesizing and studying organisms. Here, we develop a simple but powerful stepping-stone strategy to promote genome refactoring of viruses in one pot, validated by successful cross-genus and cross-order rebooting of 90 phages infecting 4 orders of popular pathogens. Genomic sequencing suggests that rebooting outcome is associated with gene number and DNA polymerase availability within phage genomes. We integrate recombineering, screening, and rebooting processes in one pot and demonstrate genome assembly and genome editing of phages by stepping-stone hosts in an efficient and economic manner. Under this framework,

Indexed as

BacteriophagesBase SequenceDNA-Directed DNA PolymeraseGene EditingGenomicsDNA-Directed DNA Polymeraseantibiotic resistanceintermediate hostin vivo genome assemblyphage biologyphage engineeringphage therapysynthetic biologysynthetic genomics

Identifiers

PMID35637913
PMCPMC9142689
OpenAlexW4281393498

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