A Novel Method for Generating Nested Deletions Using the in Vitro Bacteriophage T3 DNA Packaging System
| Autor: | Osamu Ohara, Masanori Oka, Miyo Terao Morita, Hisao Fujisawa, Ayako Tanaka, Taku Arakawa, Hisako Kato, Yutaka Kawarabayasi |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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Genetic Vectors
DNA Recombinant Biology Insert (molecular biology) chemistry.chemical_compound Capsid Restriction map Escherichia coli Genetics Multiple cloning site Deoxyribonuclease I Bacteriophage T3 Genomic library Selection Genetic Molecular Biology Sequence Deletion Drug Resistance Microbial Sequence Analysis DNA General Medicine Cosmids Molecular biology chemistry DNA Viral Cosmid Cosmid Vector In vitro recombination DNA |
| Zdroj: | DNA Research. 1:289-296 |
| ISSN: | 1340-2838 |
| Popis: | To sequence a DNA segment inserted into a cosmid vector under the directed sequencing strategy, we established a simple and rapid method for generating nested deletions which uses the in vitro packaging system of bacteriophage T3 DNA. The principle is based on the previous finding that this system can translocate any linear double-stranded DNA up to 40 kb into the phage capsid in a time-dependent manner and the encapsulated DNA becomes DNase-resistant. For this purpose, we constructed a cosmid vector that carries two different antibiotic selection markers at both sides of the multiple cloning site, and after insertion of a DNA segment, the clone was linearized by lambda-terminase at the cos site. After the packaging reaction in vitro followed by DNase treatment, the encapsulated DNA was introduced into Escherichia coli cells to give clones with unidirectional deletions by differential antibiotic selection. Restriction and sequence analyses of deletion clones demonstrated that an ordered set of clones with nested deletions, ranging from less than 1 kb to 25 kb, was created from either the end of the DNA segment. Thus, nested deletion clones that cover the entire region of a approximately 40-kb cosmid insert can be obtained by a single packaging reaction, and its restriction map can be simultaneously obtained. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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