abstract:A DNA construct is an artificially constructed segment of nucleic acid that is going to be "transplanted" into a target tissue or cell. It often contains a DNA insert, which contains the gene sequence encoding a protein of interest, that has been subcloned into a vector, which contains bacterial resistance genes for growth in bacteria, and promoters for expression in the organism.
Reed figured what bioengineers needed to turn fantasy to fact was a library of standardized DNA components that could then be used to construct designer genes from scratch.