We decided early on that we had to take a synthetic route, even though nobody had been there before, to see if we could synthesize a bacterial chromosome so we could actually vary the gene content to understand the essential genes for life.
Ranije smo odlučili da moramo ići sintetičkim putem, čak iako nitko to nije učinio prije, da vidimo možemo li sintetizirati bakterijski kromosom tako da možemo zapravo razlikovati genski sadržaj kako bi smo razumjeli osnovne gene života.