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Substrate Generation for Endonucleases of CRISPR/Cas Systems
Published on: September 9, 2012
Direct cloning of unmodified PCR products by exploiting an engineered restriction site
A Testori1, I Listowsky, P Sollitti
1Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461.
Abstract:
A method is described for the direct cloning of DNA fragments amplified by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). An oligodeoxyribonucleotide, bearing two engineered XcmI sites placed in tandem, was used to generate cloning vectors bearing single 3' deoxythymidine (dT) overhangs at their ends. These 3' dT overhangs are compatible with the 3' deoxyadenosine overhangs found on most Taq polymerase-amplified PCR products. Consequently, Taq polymerase-amplified PCR products can be ligated directly into these modified restriction sites.
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