Natural or synthetic? How Addgene’s dataset reveals trends in biological innovation
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Blog Post
Published
Nov. 8, 2018, 3:47 p.m.
... sequence identity was a different story - the team found that the percent sequence identity between the...) and comparative properties (percent sequence identity and percent query coverage) that could be determined...synthetic or natural. They saw that a percent sequence identity below 85% correlates with synthetic sequences....
The researchers then used their classifier to identify synthetic and natural sequences in Addgene’s database...have practical applications in monitoring the accidental or intentional release of engineered organisms...