2006-09-06 09:59:10 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Yes you can. Actually I've done it for my thesis...
Though the size is limiting
You can get synthetic oligos (up to 100 bases) from a suitable supplier. By designing them properly you can fuse them by PCR or PCR in combination with other techniques and end up having a completely synthetic small gene. The method is effective for lengths up to 400 bases.
There are many ways of manipulating natural sequences and changing, deleting, adding DNA sequences so there are plenty of things you can do.
2006-09-06 23:17:30 · answer #1 · answered by bellerophon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, there are many ways to do this.
what exactly do you mean though?
you can make short fragments at will (oligomers on the order of dozens of base pairs)
you can make changes to existing genomes, or genes, through things like site directed mutagenesis
you can insert genes or long pieces of dna, there are a variety of methods
tell me what you want to know and i can give you a more detailed answer
2006-09-07 05:33:24 · answer #2 · answered by hanumistee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They already are with monoclonal antibodies. They insert snippets of dna fragments into a host, where they join the rest of the chain
2006-09-06 17:20:41 · answer #3 · answered by mindjob 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no because they havent finished mapping hte human gnome yet. they have the bassicas yet but they dont know what some sequences do.
2006-09-06 17:04:57 · answer #4 · answered by penguinxcrossing 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, of course it is. If you want to buy some go take a look at this.......
http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/Brands/Sigma_Genosys/Custom_DNA.html
2006-09-06 17:05:15 · answer #5 · answered by Stewart H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im sure they can if they can change a sex of a baby and clone a sheep. what do you think
2006-09-06 17:01:38 · answer #6 · answered by Riss 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not yet, but we're working on it
2006-09-06 17:02:52 · answer #7 · answered by Nick K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋