Chao Ran, Yuan Yongbo, Zhao Huimin
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaig, Urbana, IL, USA.
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaig, Urbana, IL, USA
FEMS Yeast Res. 2015 Feb;15(1):1-9. doi: 10.1111/1567-1364.12171. Epub 2015 Jan 14.
DNA assembly is one of the most important foundational technologies for synthetic biology and metabolic engineering. Since the development of the restriction digestion and ligation method in the early 1970s, a significant amount of effort has been devoted to developing better DNA assembly methods with higher efficiency, fidelity, and modularity, as well as simpler and faster protocols. This review will not only summarize the key DNA assembly methods and their recent applications, but also highlight the innovations in assembly schemes and the challenges in automating the DNA assembly methods.
DNA组装是合成生物学和代谢工程中最重要的基础技术之一。自20世纪70年代初限制性消化和连接方法发展以来,人们投入了大量精力来开发效率更高、保真度更高、模块化更强以及协议更简单、更快的DNA组装方法。本综述不仅将总结关键的DNA组装方法及其近期应用,还将突出组装方案的创新以及DNA组装方法自动化面临的挑战。