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Sunil Chandran1, Elaine Shapland2
1Amyris, Inc., 5885 Hollis Street, Suite 100, Emeryville, CA, 94608, USA. Chandran@amyris.com.
Abstract:
The assembly of multiple DNA parts into a larger DNA construct is a requirement in most synthetic biology laboratories. Here we describe a method for the efficient, high-throughput, assembly of DNA utilizing the yeast homologous recombination (YHR). The YHR method utilizes overlapping DNA parts that are assembled together by Saccharomyces cerevisiae via homologous recombination between designed overlapping regions. Using this method, we have successfully assembled up to 12 DNA parts in a single reaction.
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