Method for cloning single-stranded oligonucleotides in a plasmid vector.

Abstract:

:A method for cloning single-stranded oligonucleotides in a plasmid vector has been developed. The method relies on ligation of the oligonucleotide into suitable restriction enzyme sites of the cloning vector such that the site at the 5' end has a 5' overhang [for example, a Bgl II site (A decreases GATCT)], and the site at the 3' end has a 3' overhang [for example, a Sac I site (GAGCT decreases C)]. This arrangement allows the oligonucleotide to anneal to the single-stranded ends of the vector and to be covalently joined by T4 DNA ligase. The complementary strand can be synthesized in vitro to generate a double-stranded plasmid, or the partially single-stranded molecule can be used as a target for site-directed mutagenesis. The subsequent transfer of the oligonucleotide to test plasmids or excision for other manipulations, such as band shift experiments to identify protein binding sites, is facilitated by cloning of the oligonucleotide into a polylinker containing multiple restriction enzyme sites. For this purpose, the plasmid vector, pKP59, which is a 2.0 kB derivative of pBR322 lacking "poison sequences" and containing 16 cloning sites, has been the most satisfactory.

journal_name

Biotechniques

journal_title

BioTechniques

authors

Mounts P,Wu TC,Peden K

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1989-04-01 00:00:00

pages

356-9

issue

4

eissn

0736-6205

issn

1940-9818

journal_volume

7

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