Oligonucleotide mediated nucleic acid recombination
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1. A composition, comprising:
- a set of nucleic acids, comprising;
a first subset of chemically synthesized oligonucleotide members which collectively correspond to at least a substantial portion of a first target nucleic acid; and
, a second subset of chemically synthesized oligonucleotide members which collectively correspond to at least a substantial portion of a second target nucleic acid;
wherein the first and second target nucleic acids encode non-identical proteins and comprise a plurality of regions of difference, and wherein the first and second subsets of chemically synthesized oligonucleotide members correspond to the regions of difference, and the first and second subsets are present in substantially non-equimolar amounts.
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Abstract
Methods of recombining nucleic acids, including homologous nucleic acids, are provided. Families of gene shuffling oligonucleotides and their use in recombination procedures, as well as polymerase and ligase mediated recombination methods are also provided.
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1. A composition, comprising:
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a set of nucleic acids, comprising;
a first subset of chemically synthesized oligonucleotide members which collectively correspond to at least a substantial portion of a first target nucleic acid; and
,a second subset of chemically synthesized oligonucleotide members which collectively correspond to at least a substantial portion of a second target nucleic acid;
wherein the first and second target nucleic acids encode non-identical proteins and comprise a plurality of regions of difference, and wherein the first and second subsets of chemically synthesized oligonucleotide members correspond to the regions of difference, and the first and second subsets are present in substantially non-equimolar amounts. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 55, 56, 57, 58, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76)
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25. A composition, comprising:
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a set of nucleic acids, comprising;
a first subset of chemically synthesized oligonucleotide members which collectively correspond to at least a substantial portion of a first target nucleic acid;
a second subset of chemically synthesized oligonucleotide members which collectively correspond to at least a substantial portion of a second target nucleic acid;
wherein the first and second target nucleic acids comprise a plurality of regions of difference, the first and second subsets of oligonucleotide members correspond to the regions of difference, and the first and second subsets are present in substantially non-equimolar amounts; and
a third subset of chemically sythesized oligonucleotide members which collectively correspond to all or a substantial portion of a third target member, which third subset is present in the composition in an amount that is substantially non-equimolar as compared to the first or second subsets. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 69, 70, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82)
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49. A composition, comprising:
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a set of nucleic acids, comprising;
a first subset of chemically synthesized oligonucleotide members which collectively correspond to at least a substantial portion of a first target nucleic acid;
a second subset of chemically synthesized oligonucleotide members which collectively correspond to at least a substantial portion of a second target nucleic acid;
wherein the first and second target nucleic acids comprise a plurality of regions of difference, the first and second subsets of oligonucleotide or nucleic acid fragment members correspond to the regions of difference, and the first and second subsets are present in substantially non-equimolar amounts; and
,wherein the first subset comprises a first oligonucleotide corresponding to at least one of the regions of difference, and wherein the second subset comprises a second oligonucleotide corresponding to the at least one region of difference, wherein the first and second oligonucleotides comprise subsequences of identity flanking a subsequence of difference. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88)
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59. A composition, comprising:
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a set of nucleic acids, comprising;
a first subset of chemically synthesized oligonucleotide members which collectively correspond to at least a substantial portion of a first target nucleic acid;
a second subset of chemically synthesized oligonucleotide members which collectively correspond to at least a substantial portion of a second target nucleic acid;
wherein the first and second target nucleic acids comprise a plurality of regions of difference, the first and second subsets of oligonucleotide members correspond to the regions of difference, and the first and second subsets are present in substantially non-equimolar amounts; and
,wherein at least one variant member of the set of nucleic acids comprises a sequence which corresponds to the first target nucleic acid, the second target nucleic acid, or both the first and second target nucleic acid, which sequence comprises one or more sequence variation as compared to either the first or second target nucleic acid. - View Dependent Claims (60, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94)
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