Method of encoding information in nucleic acids of a genetically engineered organism

US7667091B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Icon Genetics GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Yuri Gleba · Berlin, DE
• Victor Klimyuk · Leipzig, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 19, 2001
• Grant date: Feb 23, 2010
• Expiry date: Jun 10, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12Q1/6813
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention provides a method of producing a genetically engineered transgenic organism, by (a) incorporating into the organism a functional DNA sequence that confers a trait on an organism and (b) incorporating into the organism a non-functional DNA sequence, wherein the non-functional DNA sequence encodes an information message using a predefined coding scheme, wherein the information message provides information about the functional DNA sequence, and the predefined coding scheme can be used to map a plurality of information messages into a plurality of non-functional DNA sequences and additionally, the functional and the non-functional DNA sequence are incorporated into the same chromosome of the organism.