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Chemical synthesis of genes for human insulin.

Crea R and 3 others. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 1978. Cited by 145 papers, by iCite.

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Title
Chemical synthesis of genes for human insulin.
PubMed
Journal
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
PubMed
Year
1978
PubMed
Publication types
Journal Article
PubMed
Citations, by iCite
145
iCite
Relative citation ratio, by iCite
3.41
iCite
Revised in PubMed
2019-05-01
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Authors4

The authors in the order PubMed's record lists them, with the ORCID iDs it states.

OrderAuthorForenameKindORCID iD
1Crea RR
2Kraszewski AA
3Hirose TT
4Itakura KK

Source PubMed

Topics8

NLM's MeSH indexing of the paper, its major topics first.

MeSH termMajor
GenesMajor topic
InsulinMajor topic
OligodeoxyribonucleotidesMajor topic
OligonucleotidesMajor topic
DNA
DNA, Recombinant
Humans
Methods

Source PubMed

References10

The papers the reference list in PubMed's record names, those in our copy of PubMed, in the list's order.

OrderPMIDTitleJournalYearIn PapersSource
11,069,185Synthetic lac operator DNA is functional in vivo.Nature1976https://conductscience.org/library/papers/1069185PubMed
2166,998Chemical synthesis and sequence studies of deoxyribooligonucleotides which constitute the duplex sequence of the lactose operator of Escherichia coli.J Biol Chem1975https://conductscience.org/library/papers/166998PubMed
34,916,859[Synthesis of insulin: beginning and progress].Adv Enzymol Relat Areas Mol Biol1970https://conductscience.org/library/papers/4916859PubMed
41,194,600Improved triester approach for the synthesis of pentadecathymidylic acid.J Am Chem Soc1975https://conductscience.org/library/papers/1194600PubMed
510,793,670DNA sequence analysis: a general, simple and rapid method for sequencing large oligodeoxyribonucleotide fragments by mapping.Nucleic Acids Res1974https://conductscience.org/library/papers/10793670PubMed
6412,251Expression in Escherichia coli of a chemically synthesized gene for the hormone somatostatin.Science1977https://conductscience.org/library/papers/412251PubMed
7192,745Sequence analysis of synthetic oligonucleotides by high-performance liquid anion-exchange chromatography.J Chromatogr1977https://conductscience.org/library/papers/192745PubMed
8847,463Chemical synthesis of restriction enzyme recognition sites useful for cloning.Science1977https://conductscience.org/library/papers/847463PubMed
913,724,539Resynthesis of insulin from its glycyl and phenylalanyl chains.Sci Sin1961https://conductscience.org/library/papers/13724539PubMed
10190,591Arylsulfonyltetrazoles, new coupling reagents and further improvements in the triester method for the synthesis of deoxyribooligonucleotides.Nucleic Acids Res1977https://conductscience.org/library/papers/190591PubMed

Cited by53

The papers in our copy of PubMed whose reference list names this one, newest first. iCite, which reads more sources, counts 145 citations.

PMIDTitleJournalYearIn PapersSource
42,293,685Engineered bacteria in disease diagnosis and therapy: A synthetic biology perspective.Synth Syst Biotechnol2026https://conductscience.org/library/papers/42293685PubMed
37,872,857Pursuing excitonic energy transfer with programmable DNA-based optical breadboards.Chem Soc Rev2023https://conductscience.org/library/papers/37872857PubMed
34,970,535Strategies to Enhance Periplasmic Recombinant Protein Production Yields in Escherichia coli.Front Bioeng Biotechnol2021https://conductscience.org/library/papers/34970535PubMed
33,393,501The discovery of insulin revisited: lessons for the modern era.J Clin Invest2021https://conductscience.org/library/papers/33393501PubMed
33,340,315Making, Cloning, and the Expression of Human Insulin Genes in Bacteria: The Path to Humulin.Endocr Rev2021https://conductscience.org/library/papers/33340315PubMed
23,100,818A new life in a bacterium through synthetic genome: a successful venture by craig venter.Indian J Microbiol2010https://conductscience.org/library/papers/23100818PubMed
21,601,685Enzymatic assembly of overlapping DNA fragments.Methods Enzymol2011https://conductscience.org/library/papers/21601685PubMed
7,465,419Solid-phase synthesis of polynucleotides. III. Synthesis of polynucleotides with defined sequences by the block coupling phosphotriester method.Nucleic Acids Res1980https://conductscience.org/library/papers/7465419PubMed
7,465,418Solid-phase synthesis of polynucleotides. II. Synthesis of polythymidylic acids by the block coupling phosphotriester method.Nucleic Acids Res1980https://conductscience.org/library/papers/7465418PubMed
7,443,540Rapid synthesis of oligodeoxyribonucleotides. IV. Improved solid phase synthesis of oligodeoxyribonucleotides through phosphotriester intermediates.Nucleic Acids Res1980https://conductscience.org/library/papers/7443540PubMed
7,433,092Synthesis of oligonucleotides on cellulose by a phosphotriester method.Nucleic Acids Res1980https://conductscience.org/library/papers/7433092PubMed
7,177,853New effective method for the synthesis of oligonucleotides via phosphotriester intermediates.Nucleic Acids Res1982https://conductscience.org/library/papers/7177853PubMed
7,177,849Polymer supported synthesis of oligonucleotides by a phosphotriester method.Nucleic Acids Res1982https://conductscience.org/library/papers/7177849PubMed
7,111,021Simultaneous stability of short alternating Z and B helices in synthetic DNA concatamers.Nucleic Acids Res1982https://conductscience.org/library/papers/7111021PubMed
7,037,514New approaches to therapy and diagnosis of diabetes.Diabetologia1982https://conductscience.org/library/papers/7037514PubMed
7,015,337Human insulin prepared by recombinant DNA techniques and native human insulin interact identically with insulin receptors.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A1981https://conductscience.org/library/papers/7015337PubMed
7,003,541The expression in E. coli of synthetic repeating polymeric genes coding for poly(L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine).Nucleic Acids Res1980https://conductscience.org/library/papers/7003541PubMed
6,952,189Partial characterization of the mRNA that codes for enkephalins in bovine adrenal medulla and human pheochromocytoma.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A1982https://conductscience.org/library/papers/6952189PubMed
6,946,486Detection and partial characterization of proenkephalin mRNA.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A1981https://conductscience.org/library/papers/6946486PubMed
6,799,890Origins of translation: the hypothesis of permanently attached adaptors.Orig Life1981https://conductscience.org/library/papers/6799890PubMed

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The genes the Gene search release ties to the paper: Swiss-Prot's references first, then PubTator's text mining.

GeneNCBI Gene IDLinked byIn Genes
INS3,630PubTator's text mininghttps://conductscience.org/library/genes/3630

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