Abstract:
:In this study, we developed a method that allows cDNA library construction from a small amount of RNA without causing serious size bias in the resulting cDNA population. For this purpose, we adopted two-round cRNA amplification by T7 and SP6 RNA polymerases. The first-round cDNAs, flanked by the promoter sequences of T7 and SP6 RNA polymerases, were synthesized from 1 microg total RNA and then subjected to two rounds of cRNA amplification. Comparison of the sizes of the first-round and the second-round cRNAs indicated that the size-bias effect of the second-round cRNA synthesis was not serious. The resultant double-stranded cDNAs were cloned into a plasmid by in vitro lambda phage recombination with an efficiency of 1.2 x 10(11) colony-forming unit/microgram of starting total RNA. Characterization of the resultant cDNA library in terms of the insert size, clone redundancy, and integrity of 3' ends of cDNAs indicated that the amplified library was comparable to a library constructed by a conventional method, although large cDNAs tend to be slightly truncated in the amplified library. This method enables the construction of a library from a small amount of RNA, and calculations suggest that the strategy would be efficient enough to use even a single cell as starting material.
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Biotechniquesjournal_title
BioTechniquesauthors
Ohara R,Kikuno RF,Kitamura H,Ohara Odoi
10.2144/05383RR01subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2005-03-01 00:00:00pages
451-8issue
3eissn
0736-6205issn
1940-9818pii
05383RR01journal_volume
38pub_type
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