Synthetic rewriting technologies, encompassing large-scale DNA assembly, transfer, maintenance, and rearrangement, enabled de novo synthesis or large-scale modifications of genomes.
First-pass extracted concept
synthetic rewriting technologies
Evidence Snippets
Supporting Sources
Linked Claims
These synthetic rewriting tools are expected to expand functional engineering in mammals and deepen mechanistic insights into complex biological systems.
Synthetic rewriting technologies encompass large-scale DNA assembly, transfer, maintenance, and rearrangement.
Development of synthetic rewriting technologies in mammalian cells faces unique challenges compared with model organisms such as viruses, bacteria, and unicellular eukaryotes.
Synthetic rewriting technologies enable de novo synthesis or large-scale modifications of genomes.
The review summarizes key breakthroughs in mammalian synthetic rewriting technologies including megabase-scale assembly of human DNA, yeast-mediated transfer methods, bottom-up human artificial chromosomes, and genome-scale rearrangement.