Synthetic Biology/DNA Assembly Selection Chart

NEB® now offers several products that can be used for DNA Assembly. Use this chart to determine which product would work best to assemble your DNA.


NEBuilder® HiFi DNA Assembly:

Master Mix
NEB #E2621

Cloning Kit
NEB #E5520

Bundle for Large Fragments
NEB #E2623

NEB Gibson Assembly®:

Master Mix
NEB #E2611

Cloning Kit
NEB #E5510

NEBridge® Golden Gate Assembly:

BsaI-HFv2 Kit
NEB #E1601

BsmBI-v2 Kit
NEB #E1602

NEBridge® Ligase
Master Mix
NEB #M1100

USER™ Enzyme
NEB #M5505

Thermolabile USER II Enzyme
NEB #M5508
Properties        
Removes 5′ or 3′ End Mismatches ★★★ N/A N/A
Assembles with High Fidelity at Junctions ★★★ ★★ ★★★ ★★★
Tolerates Repetitive Sequences at Ends ★★★ ★★★
Generates Fully Ligated Product ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ NR
Joins dsDNA with Single-stranded Oligo ★★★ ★★ NR NR
Assembles Low Amounts of DNA with High Efficiency ★★★ ★★ ★★ ★★
Accommodates Flexible Overlap Lengths ★★★ ★★★ ★★
APPLICATIONS        
2 Fragment Assembly (Simple cloning) ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★
3-6 Fragment Assembly (one pot) ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★
7-11 Fragment Assembly (one pot) ★★ ★★★ ★★★
12-50+ Fragment Assembly (one pot) (1) ★★★ NR
Template Construction for In vitro Transcription ★★★ ★★★ ★★★
Synthetic Whole Genome Assembly ★★★ ★★★
Multiple Site-directed Mutagenesis ★★★ ★★ ★★ ★★
Library Generation ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★
Metabolic Pathway Engineering ★★★ ★★ ★★ ★★★
TALENs ★★ ★★ ★★★ ★★
Short Hairpin RNA (shRNA) Cloning ★★★ ★★
gRNA Library Generation ★★★ ★★
Large Fragment (> 10 kb) Assembly ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★
Small Fragment (< 100 bp) Assembly ★★★ ★★★ ★★★
Use in Successive Rounds of Restriction Enzyme Assembly ★★★ NR


(1) Please visit neb.com/GoldenGate for more information

 

KEY
★★★ Optimal, recommended product for selected application
★★ Works well for selected application
Will perform selected application, but is not recommended
N/A Not applicable to this application
NR Not recommended