Protein-only centromeric chromatin assembly streamlines human artificial chromosome formation
Gabriel J. Birchak, Praveen Kumar Allu, Prakriti Kashyap, Guhan Kaliyaperumal Anbalagan, Shu-Cheng Chuang, Glennis A. Logsdon, Daniel G. Gibson, John I. Glass, Ben E. Black
This paper describes the creation of a 2 Mb human artificial chromosome (HAC) using a protein-only centromere seeding approach that bypasses genetic engineering of target cells.
bioRxiv · Jan 29, 2026 · PreprintSynthetic Biology