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Rapid and efficient site-specific mutagenesis without phenotypic selection.
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| Zeitschriftentitel: | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |
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| In: | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 82, 1985, 2, S. 488-492 |
| Format: | E-Article |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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| Zusammenfassung: | <jats:p>Several single-base substitution mutations have been introduced into the lacZ alpha gene in cloning vector M13mp2, at 40-60% efficiency, in a rapid procedure requiring only transfection of the unfractionated products of standard in vitro mutagenesis reactions. Two simple additional treatments of the DNA, before transfection, produce a site-specific mutation frequency approaching 100%. The approach is applicable to phenotypically silent mutations in addition to those that can be selected. The high efficiency, approximately equal to 10-fold greater than that observed using current methods without enrichment procedures, is obtained by using a DNA template containing several uracil residues in place of thymine. This template has normal coding potential for the in vitro reactions typical of site-directed mutagenesis protocols but is not biologically active upon transfection into a wild-type (i.e., ung+) Escherichia coli host cell. Expression of the desired change, present in the newly synthesized non-uracil-containing covalently closed circular complementary strand, is thus strongly favored. The procedure has been applied to mutations introduced via both oligonucleotides and error-prone polymerization. In addition to its utility in changing DNA sequences, this approach can potentially be used to examine the biological consequences of specific lesions placed at defined positions within a gene.</jats:p> |
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| Umfang: | 488-492 |
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1091-6490
0027-8424 |
| DOI: | 10.1073/pnas.82.2.488 |