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Megabase Sequencing of Human Immune Receptor Loci
Leroy E. Hood
Department of Molecular Biotechnology; University of Washington; Seattle, WA 98195
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Megabase cloning. The cloning of very large DNA fragments. (See Cloning.) ...
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Megabase (Mb): Unit of length for DNA fragments equal to 1 million nucleotides and roughly equal to 1 cM.
Melting: The dissociation of a duplex nucleic acid molecule into single strands, usually by increasing temperature. See Denaturation.
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Unit of length for DNA fragments equal to 1 million nucleotides and roughly equal to 1 cM.
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(See Directional cloning, Megabase cloning, Molecular cloning, Subcloning.) Coat protein (capsid). The coating of a protein that enclosed the nucleic acid core of a virus. Codon.
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The genome is about 43 megabases long and includes approximately 10,000 genes. Currently there is a project underway to produce mutant knockouts for every gene in the genome of N. crassa.
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As a very rough rule of thumb, we shall assume that 1 cM on a chromosome encompasses 1 megabase (1 Mb = 106 bp) of DNA. But for the reasons mentioned above, this relationship is only approximate.
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In the 24 April 2003 issue of Nature, the genome of N. crassa was reported as completely sequenced. The genome is about 43 megabases long and includes approximately 10,000 genes.
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Agarose gels: A polysaccharide gel used to measure the size of nucleic acids (in bases or base pairs). See "Gel Electrophoresis". This is the gel of choice for DNA or RNA in the range of thousands of bases in length, or even up to 1 megabase if you ...
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