YAC

A YAC is not a large, furry animal who lives in cold climates. It's actually a Y-A-C, a yeast artificial chromosome... Actually, not used too much anymore, but important for historical reasons.

Yeast artificial chromosome (YAC)
A yeast mini-chromosome used for cloning. It has telomeres, a centromere and an autonomous replication sequence (ARS). DNA fragments of 200-500 kb can be cloned using YAC vector.
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Originating from a bacterial plasmid; a YAC contains additionally a yeast centromeric region (CEN); a yeast origin of DNA replication (ARS); and two telomere regions (TEL). YACs are capable of cloning very large pieces of DNA.

YAC Germ Line Transmission Achieved
Investigators at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research have successfully introduced a yeast artificial chromosome (YAC) into the mouse genome and demonstrated that the chromosome and gene expression ...

YAC Yeast artificial chromosome.A vector used to clone DNA fragments (up to 400 kb); it is constructed from the telomeric, centromeric, and replication origin sequences needed for replication in yeast cells.

YAC, Yeast Artificial Chromosome A cloning vector based on a the essential components of a yeast chromosome. It provides two telomeres, two selectable markers and an origin of replication.

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Yeast artificial chromosome (YAC) ...

YAC: See yeast artificial chromosome.

Yeast artificial chromosome (YAC): A vector used to clone DNA fragments (up to 400 kb); it is constructed from the telomeric, centromeric, ...

YAC: Yeast artificial chromosome. This is a method for cloning very large fragments of DNA.

Individual primary recombinant clones (hosted in phage, cosmid, YAC, or other vector) that are placed in two-dimensional arrays in microtiter dishes.

YAC -- yeast artificial chromosome; a linear vector into which a large fragment of DNA can be inserted; the development of YAC's in 1987 has increased the number of nucleotides which can be cloned.

Yeast artificial chromosome (YAC)
A cloning vector which contains sequences from a yeast chromosome required for DNA replication and segregration. Often used for cloning very large fragments of DNA.

vector - intentionally designed artificial DNA construct used by molecular biologists to amplify selected pieces of DNA inserted into the construct; examples include plasmid, phage, phagemid, cosmid, fosmid, yeast artificial chromosome (YAC) and ...

Bacterial artificial chromosomes (BAC)(P-1 derived): Have a capacity of 50-300 kb.
Yeast artificial chromosomes (YAC): Have a capacity of 300- >1500 kb.
Human artificial chromosomes (HAC): Have a capacity of >2000 kb.
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See also: Chromosome, Genome, Sequence, Human, DNA