Method for the complete chemical synthesis and assembly of genes and genomes
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1. A method of synthesizing a double-stranded polynucleotide, comprising:
- (a) annealing a 5′
terminal oligonucleotide with a 3′
terminal oligonucleotide of a double-stranded polynucleotide to produce a first annealed product and directly adding a next most terminal oligonucleotide of said double-stranded polynucleotide to said first annealed product under conditions sufficient for annealing to produce a second annealed product, said next most terminal oligonucleotide having a length of at least about 25 bases, and (b) repeating step (a) one or more times to sequentially produce a double-stranded polynucleotide.
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Abstract
The present invention relates generally to the fields of oligonucleotide synthesis. More particularly, it concerns the assembly of genes and genomes of completely synthetic artificial organisms. Thus, the present invention outlines a novel approach to utilizing the results of genomic sequence information by computer directed gene synthesis based on computing on the human genome database. Specifically, the present invention contemplates and describes the chemical synthesis and resynthesis of genes defined by the genome sequence in a host vector and transfer and expression of these sequences into suitable hosts.
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1. A method of synthesizing a double-stranded polynucleotide, comprising:
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(a) annealing a 5′
terminal oligonucleotide with a 3′
terminal oligonucleotide of a double-stranded polynucleotide to produce a first annealed product and directly adding a next most terminal oligonucleotide of said double-stranded polynucleotide to said first annealed product under conditions sufficient for annealing to produce a second annealed product, said next most terminal oligonucleotide having a length of at least about 25 bases, and(b) repeating step (a) one or more times to sequentially produce a double-stranded polynucleotide. - 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, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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33. A method of producing a viral particle comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a host cell;
(b) transforming said host cell with an artificial viral genome prepared by;
(i) generating a first set of oligonucleotides comprising one strand of said viral genome;
(ii) generating a second set of oligonucleotides comprising the second complementary strand of said viral genome; and
(iii) annealing said first and said second set of oligonucleotides;
wherein each of said oligonucleotides of said second set of oligonucleotides overlaps with and hybridizes to two complementary oligonucleotides of said first set of oligonucleotides, except that two oligonucleotides at a 5′
or 3′
end of said viral genome will hybridize with only one complementary oligonucleotide; and
(c) culturing said transformed host cell under conditions such that said viral particle is expressed. - View Dependent Claims (34)
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43. A method of synthesizing a replication-competent double-stranded polynucleotide, comprising:
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(a) annealing a 5′
terminal oligonucleotide with a 3′
terminal oliogonucleotide of a replication-competent double-stranded polynucleotide to produce a first annealed product and directly adding a next most terminal oligonucleotide of said replication-competent double-stranded polynucleotide to said first annealed product under conditions sufficient for annealing to produce a second annealed product, and(b) repeating step (a) one or more times to sequentially produce a replication-competent double-stranded polynucleotide.
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44. A method of synthesizing a double-stranded polynucleotide, comprising:
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(a) annealing a 5′
terminal oligonucleotide with a 3′
terminal oliogonucleotide of a double-stranded polynucleotide to produce a first annealed product and directly adding a next most terminal double-stranded polynucleotide to said first annealed product under conditions sufficient for annealing to produce a second annealed product, said next most terminal double-stranded polynucleotide comprising at least one oligonucleotide of at least about 25 bases, and(b) repeating step (a) one or more times to sequentially produce a double-stranded polynucleotide.
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45. A method of synthesizing a replication-competent double-stranded polynucleotide, comprising:
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(a) annealing a 5′
terminal oligonucleotide with a 3′
terminal oliogonucleotide of a replication-competent double-stranded polynucleotide to produce a first annealed product and directly adding a next most terminal double-stranded polynucleotide to said first annealed product under conditions sufficient for annealing to produce a second annealed product, and(b) repeating step (a) one or more times to sequentially produce a replication-competent double-stranded polynucleotide.
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