Synthetic genome recoding: new genetic codes for new features.

Abstract:

:Full genome recoding, or rewriting codon meaning, through chemical synthesis of entire bacterial chromosomes has become feasible in the past several years. Recoding an organism can impart new properties including non-natural amino acid incorporation, virus resistance, and biocontainment. The estimated cost of construction that includes DNA synthesis, assembly by recombination, and troubleshooting, is now comparable to costs of early stage development of drugs or other high-tech products. Here, we discuss several recently published assembly methods and provide some thoughts on the future, including how synthetic efforts might benefit from the analysis of natural recoding processes and organisms that use alternative genetic codes.

journal_name

Curr Genet

journal_title

Current genetics

authors

Kuo J,Stirling F,Lau YH,Shulgina Y,Way JC,Silver PA

doi

10.1007/s00294-017-0754-z

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-04-01 00:00:00

pages

327-333

issue

2

eissn

0172-8083

issn

1432-0983

pii

10.1007/s00294-017-0754-z

journal_volume

64

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