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ArticleNature communications2023

Building synthetic chromosomes from natural DNA.

Alessandro L V Coradini, Christopher Ne Ville, Zachary A Krieger, Joshua Roemer, Cara Hull, Shawn Yang, Daniel T Lusk, Ian M Ehrenreich

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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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

9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
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  3. The design and engineering of synthetic genomes.Nature reviews. Genetics · 2025
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  4. Recent technology advancements in large-scale DNA assembly.Quantitative biology (Beijing, China) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Alessandro L V CoradiniMolecular and Computational Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA. coradini@usc.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-7923-9994
Christopher Ne Ville *Molecular and Computational Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA.
Zachary A Krieger *Molecular and Computational Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA.
Joshua RoemerMolecular and Computational Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA.ORCID 0009-0008-8966-5979
Cara HullMolecular and Computational Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7683-3613
Shawn YangMolecular and Computational Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA.ORCID 0009-0000-5943-0548
Daniel T LuskMolecular and Computational Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA.
Ian M EhrenreichMolecular and Computational Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, 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
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM130381
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

De novo chromosome synthesis is costly and time-consuming, limiting its use in research and biotechnology. Building synthetic chromosomes from natural components is an unexplored alternative with many potential applications. In this paper, we report CReATiNG (Cloning, Reprogramming, and Assembling Tiled Natural Genomic DNA), a method for constructing synthetic chromosomes from natural components in yeast. CReATiNG entails cloning segments of natural chromosomes and then programmably assembling them into synthetic chromosomes that can replace the native chromosomes in cells. We use CReATiNG to synthetically recombine chromosomes between strains and species, to modify chromosome structure, and to delete many linked, non-adjacent regions totaling 39% of a chromosome. The multiplex deletion experiment reveals that CReATiNG also enables recovery from flaws in synthetic chromosome design via recombination between a synthetic chromosome and its native counterpart. CReATiNG facilitates the application of chromosome synthesis to diverse biological problems.

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ChromosomesDNASaccharomyces cerevisiaeSynthetic BiologyDNA

Identifiers

PMID38123566
PMCPMC10733283

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