Questions tagged [gene-synthesis]
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DNA synthesis companies: cost per base, turn-around time, codon-optimization algorithms
I would like to synthesize a 3.4kb gene (originally isolated from soil bacteria) and transform it into E. coli. There are several companies (DNA2.0, GeneScript, BlueHeron) which will synthesize the ...
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How realistic is to use DNA for long term storage?
This is mainly a followup question to the recent paper Next-Generation Digital Information Storage in DNA.
Personally, while I agree about the data density of the format, I can't help point out the ...
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