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The pBluescript II, pCMV-Script and pAD-GAL4-2.1 XR library construction
kits feature directional cDNA synthesis** using Stratagenes cDNA
Synthesis Kit. Primary libraries containing greater than 1 x 106
primary colonies are routinely achieved with 5 g of mRNA from a variety
of tissues. Directional synthesis (figure
1) doubles the probability of expressing functional protein by ensuring
that cDNA is in the proper orientation for protein expression. In this
method, MMLV reverse transcriptase is used to synthesize first-strand
cDNA from mRNA using a hybrid oligo(dT) linker-primer that contains an
Xho I restriction site near its 5 end.
First-strand synthesis takes place in the presence of 5-methyl dCTP and
nonmethylated dATP, dGTP and dTTP. Second-strand synthesis is then performed
using DNA polymerase I, cloned RNase H3 and nonmethylated dNTPs.
The resulting hemimethylated cDNA is blunted using Pfu DNA polymerase,4
ligated to EcoR I adaptors and digested with Xho I. Since
any internal Xho I sites are hemimethylated and protected from
digestion, only the nonmethylated Xho I site in the linker-primer
is cleaved. The resulting cDNA contains an Xho I-compatible overhang
on its 3 end and an EcoR I-compatib
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