Artificial Chromosome

Bacterial artificial chromosomes (BACs)

Bacterial artificial chromosomes (BACs) are single-copy-number, high-capacity circular DNA vectors derived from Escherichia coli fertility factor (F-plasmids); they can accommodate approximately 350 kb of inserted…

High-Capacity Yeast Artificial Chromosomes (YACs) Vectors

A Yeast Artificial Chromosome (YAC) is a shuttle high-capacity useful for the physical mapping of complex genomes and for the cloning of large genes. It…