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1Du Pont/Merck Pharmaceuticals, Glenolden, Pennsylvania, USA.
Abstract:
The bacteriophage P1 cloning system was originally developed as an alternative to YAC and cosmid systems for cloning high-molecular-weight genomic DNA. This unit details the preparation of the bacteriophage P1 library. Three support protocols provide the raw materials for the basic procedure, including the vector (pAd10sacBII), the mammalian DNA inserts, and the two packaging extracts that contain the viral proteins necessary to construct a P1 bacteriophage incorporating the vector and insert. A fourth support protocol describes how to induce replication of the plasmids cloned in the basic protocol, isolate the cloned DNA, and analyze the final products.
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