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ArticleBioMed research international2015

DNASynth: a computer program for assembly of artificial gene parts in decreasing temperature.

Robert M Nowak, Anna Wojtowicz-Krawiec, Andrzej Plucienniczak

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Article in BioMed research international, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Robert M NowakInstitute of Electronic Systems, Warsaw University of Technology, Nowowiejska 15/19, 00-665 Warsaw, Poland.
Anna Wojtowicz-KrawiecInstitute of Biotechnology and Antibiotics, Staroscinska 5, 02-512 Warsaw, Poland.
Andrzej PlucienniczakInstitute of Biotechnology and Antibiotics, Staroscinska 5, 02-512 Warsaw, Poland.

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Abstract

Artificial gene synthesis requires consideration of nucleotide sequence development as well as long DNA molecule assembly protocols. The nucleotide sequence of the molecule must meet many conditions including particular preferences of the host organism for certain codons, avoidance of specific regulatory subsequences, and a lack of secondary structures that inhibit expression. The chemical synthesis of DNA molecule has limitations in terms of strand length; thus, the creation of artificial genes requires the assembly of long DNA molecules from shorter fragments. In the approach presented, the algorithm and the computer program address both tasks: developing the optimal nucleotide sequence to encode a given peptide for a given host organism and determining the long DNA assembly protocol. These tasks are closely connected; a change in codon usage may lead to changes in the optimal assembly protocol, and the lack of a simple assembly protocol may be addressed by changing the nucleotide sequence. The computer program presented in this study was tested with real data from an experiment in a wet biological laboratory to synthesize a peptide. The benefit of the presented algorithm and its application is the shorter time, compared to polymerase cycling assembly, needed to produce a ready synthetic gene.

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Genes, SyntheticSoftwareTemperatureAlgorithmsDNAElectrophoresis, Agar GelGenes, FungalPolymerase Chain ReactionSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsDNASaccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins

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PMID25629047
PMCPMC4300049

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