It is the first
synthetic chromosome ever assembled from a eukaryotic organism, the type in which cells store DNA in nuclei.
Not exact matches
In a new paper published in Science, researchers at Johns Hopkins University announce their creation of the first -
ever synthetic chromosome, which many see as a landmark step in the field of
synthetic biology.
With the edits made, the team starts to assemble edited,
synthetic DNA sequences into
ever larger chunks, which are finally introduced into yeast cells, where cellular machinery finishes building the
chromosome.