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Mycoplasma genitalium
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Mycoplasma genitalium

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  • synthetic biology; Mycoplasma mycoides JCVI-syn1.0
    synthetic biology
    / Synthetic genomes

    …the genome of the bacterium M. genitalium from scratch. This was markedly different from the one-by-one gene modifications of recombinant DNA research, since numerous genes were linked together to create a new genome. The synthetic genome was only slightly different from the natural one; the slight differences kept the genome…

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    …the genome of the bacterium M. genitalium from scratch. This was markedly different from the one-by-one gene modifications of recombinant DNA research, since numerous genes were linked together to create a new genome. The synthetic genome was only slightly different from the natural one; the slight differences kept the genome…

    Read More