Plasmids 101: Golden Gate Cloning
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Aug. 27, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
...recognition sequence, they can be customized to direct assembly of DNA fragments. When designed correctly...contains sites with complementary overhangs that direct assembly of the final ligation product. As shown... be re-digested. In contrast, formation of the desired ligation product is irreversible because this construct...a single reaction! These overhangs specify the desired order of fragments, and the loss of enzyme recognition...Exonuclease-based methods like Gibson assembly require 20-40 bp of homology at the ends of DNA fragments...cloning is not 100% sequence-independent: to avoid undesired digestion, the Type IIS site used must not be ...