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Accurate multiplex gene synthesis from programmable DNA microchips

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  • Jingdong Tian

    (Harvard Medical School)

  • Hui Gong

    (Harvard Medical School)

  • Nijing Sheng

    (University of Houston)

  • Xiaochuan Zhou

    (Atactic Technologies Inc.)

  • Erdogan Gulari

    (University of Michigan)

  • Xiaolian Gao

    (University of Houston)

  • George Church

    (Harvard Medical School)

Abstract

Testing the many hypotheses from genomics and systems biology experiments demands accurate and cost-effective gene and genome synthesis. Here we describe a microchip-based technology for multiplex gene synthesis. Pools of thousands of ‘construction’ oligonucleotides and tagged complementary ‘selection’ oligonucleotides are synthesized on photo-programmable microfluidic chips1, released, amplified and selected by hybridization to reduce synthesis errors ninefold. A one-step polymerase assembly multiplexing reaction assembles these into multiple genes. This technology enabled us to synthesize all 21 genes that encode the proteins of the Escherichia coli 30S ribosomal subunit, and to optimize their translation efficiency in vitro through alteration of codon bias. This is a significant step towards the synthesis of ribosomes in vitro and should have utility for synthetic biology in general.

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  • Jingdong Tian & Hui Gong & Nijing Sheng & Xiaochuan Zhou & Erdogan Gulari & Xiaolian Gao & George Church, 2004. "Accurate multiplex gene synthesis from programmable DNA microchips," Nature, Nature, vol. 432(7020), pages 1050-1054, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:432:y:2004:i:7020:d:10.1038_nature03151
    DOI: 10.1038/nature03151
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    1. Zhi Weng & Jiangxue Li & Yi Wu & Xuehao Xiu & Fei Wang & Xiaolei Zuo & Ping Song & Chunhai Fan, 2025. "Massively parallel homogeneous amplification of chip-scale DNA for DNA information storage (MPHAC-DIS)," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 16(1), pages 1-11, December.

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