Re: [dev] [OT] a "suckless" plasmid

From: Laslo Hunhold <dev_AT_frign.de>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 13:39:36 +0200

On Tue, 16 Oct 2018 09:21:49 +0200
Jens Staal <staal1978_AT_gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Jens,

> Just wanted to share a preprint describing the generation of a
> minimalistic plasmid which got 56% size reduction from elimination of
> "useless bloat" DNA code, while actually gaining additional
> functionality (more restriction enzyme cloning sites).
>
> https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/201807.0287/v2
>
> The preprint paper is not really hypothesis-driven science as such
> and more a description of the generation of a very useful tool, so I
> do not think I will try to make it published "for real".

this looks really interesting! Thanks for sharing this! I like to think
of DNA as a Turing-tape and "optimizing" it (removing old cruft mostly)
is a very adventurous and futuristic approach.

With best regards

Laslo

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Laslo Hunhold <dev_AT_frign.de>

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