Yeast Artificial Chromosome

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf artificial chromosome
gptkbp:abbreviation YAC
gptkbp:application cloning of large DNA fragments
physical mapping of genomes
gptkbp:carries large DNA fragments
up to 1 Mb DNA
gptkbp:component centromere
telomere
selectable marker
autonomously replicating sequence
gptkbp:foundIn yeast cells
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Yeast Artificial Chromosome
gptkbp:introduced Murray and Szostak
gptkbp:introducedIn 1983
gptkbp:organism gptkb:Saccharomyces_cerevisiae
gptkbp:relatedTo P1-derived artificial chromosome
bacterial artificial chromosome
human artificial chromosome
gptkbp:replacedBy bacterial artificial chromosome
gptkbp:usedFor gene mapping
functional analysis of genes
genome sequencing projects
studying eukaryotic chromosomes
gptkbp:usedIn genomics
molecular biology
genetic engineering
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bacterial_Artificial_Chromosome
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7