Site-Selective Blocking of PCR by a Caged Nucleotide Leading to Direct Creation of Desired Sticky Ends in The Products
✍ Scribed by Keita Tanaka; Hitoshi Katada; Narumi Shigi; Akinori Kuzuya; Makoto Komiyama
- Book ID
- 102788769
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 675 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1439-4227
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
In order to terminate the polymerase reaction at a desired position, a caged thymine derivative—4‐O‐[2‐(2‐nitrophenyl)propyl]thymine—was incorporated into PCR primers. In the PCR cycles, the elongation of the nascent strand (5′→3′ direction) by polymerase was site‐selectively terminated at the 3′‐side of T^NPP^. Accordingly, predetermined protruding ends were obtained after the removal of the protecting group by short UVA irradiation. Recombinant vectors coding the GFP gene were successfully prepared by direct ligation of these light‐assisted cohesive‐ending PCR (LACE‐PCR) products with scission fragments obtained by use either of restriction enzymes or of artificial restriction DNA cutters and were used for transformation of E. coli.