Toward Multiplex Genome Engineering in Mammalian Cells
Contributors: Church, George M.; Bulyk, Martha M.; Seidman, Jonathan G.; Walter, Johannes C.; Hogle, James M.
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Description: Given the explosion in human genetic data, new high-throughput genetic methods are necessary for studying variants and elucidating their role in human disease. In Chapter I, I will expand on this concept and describe current methods for genetically modifying human cells. In E. coli, Multiplex Automatable Genome Engineering (MAGE) is a powerful tool that enables the targeting of multiple genomic loci simultaneously with synthetic oligos that are recombined at high frequencies in an optimized strain. MAGE as a method has two components: organism-specific optimization of oligo recombination parameters and a protein capable of increasing recombination frequencies.
Notes: Keywords: Genome Engineering, recombination, Synthetic Biology.

Thesis Ph.D. Harvard University 2013