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Homemade Site Directed Mutagenesis of Whole Plasmids
Published on: May 11, 2009
A single digestion, single-stranded oligonucleotide mediated PCR-independent site-directed mutagenesis method
Mengjie Dong1, Fei Wang1, Qingqing Li1
1State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Transformation of Bio-resources, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
A PCR-independent in vitro site-directed mutagenesis method was established. Cas12a from Francisella novicida (FnCas12a) linearizes the plasmid with single digestion. T5 exonuclease removes the target nucleotide. A short single- or double-stranded mutagenic oligonucleotide introduces the mutation. This rapid and simple mutagenesis method is referred to as FnCas12a and T5 exonuclease mediated site-directed mutagenesis system (CT5-SDM). The platform is also suitable for the mutagenesis of plasmids larger than 10 kb. KEY POINTS: Site-directed mutagenesis mediated by single-stranded DNA. Removing target site with T5 exonuclease. Highly efficient cleavage of target DNA with FnCas12a.
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