Nature Communications (May 2018)

In vitro DNA SCRaMbLE

  • Yi Wu,
  • Rui-Ying Zhu,
  • Leslie A. Mitchell,
  • Lu Ma,
  • Rui Liu,
  • Meng Zhao,
  • Bin Jia,
  • Hui Xu,
  • Yun-Xiang Li,
  • Zu-Ming Yang,
  • Yuan Ma,
  • Xia Li,
  • Hong Liu,
  • Duo Liu,
  • Wen-Hai Xiao,
  • Xiao Zhou,
  • Bing-Zhi Li,
  • Ying-Jin Yuan,
  • Jef D. Boeke

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03743-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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SCRaMbLE allows for the rapid and large scale rearrangement of genetic data in yeast carrying synthetic chromosomes. Here the authors demonstrate an in vitro use of the method to generate DNA libraries for optimization of biochemical reactions.