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A fully decompressed synthetic bacteriophage øX174 genome assembled and archived in yeast
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Virology . 12/20/2012, Vol. 434 Issue 2, p278-284. 7p. - Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Abstract: The 5386 nucleotide bacteriophage øX174 genome has a complicated architecture that encodes 11 gene products via overlapping protein coding sequences spanning multiple reading frames. We designed a 6302 nucleotide synthetic surrogate, øX174.1, that fully separates all primary phage protein coding sequences along with cognate translation control elements. To specify øX174.1f, a decompressed genome the same length as wild type, we truncated the gene F coding sequence. We synthesized DNA encoding fragments of øX174.1f and used a combination of in vitro- and yeast-based assembly to produce yeast vectors encoding natural or designer bacteriophage genomes. We isolated clonal preparations of yeast plasmid DNA and transfected E. coli C strains. We recovered viable øX174 particles containing the øX174.1f genome from E. coli C strains that independently express full-length gene F. We expect that yeast can serve as a genomic ‘drydock’ within which to maintain and manipulate clonal lineages of other obligate lytic phage. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00426822
- Volume :
- 434
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Virology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 84186290
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virol.2012.09.020