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Liza S Z Larsen1, Christopher D Wassman, G Wesley Hatfield, Richard H Lathrop.
Abstract
Gene synthesis is hampered by two obstacles: improper assembly of oligonucleotides; oligonucleotide defects incurred during chemical synthesis. To overcome the first problem, we describe the employment of a Computationally Optimised DNA Assembly (CODA) algorithm that uses the degeneracy of the genetic code to design overlapping oligonucleotides with thermodynamic properties for self-assembly into a single, linear, DNA product. To address the second problem, we describe a hierarchical assembly strategy that reduces the incorporation of defective oligonucleotides into full-length gene constructs. The CODA algorithm and these biological methods enable fast, simple and reliable assemblies of sequence-correct full-length genes.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18640907 PMCID: PMC2668710 DOI: 10.1504/IJBRA.2008.019578
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Bioinform Res Appl ISSN: 1744-5485