Transcriptional sequencing: A method for DNA sequencing using RNA polymerase
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Genome-wide Surveillance of Transcription Errors in Eukaryotic Organisms
Published on: September 13, 2018
N Sasaki1, M Izawa, M Watahiki
1Genome Science Laboratory, Tsukuba Life Science Center, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, 3-1-1 Koyadai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan.
Abstract:
We have developed a sequencing method based on the RNA polymerase chain termination reaction with rhodamine dye attached to 3'-deoxynucleoside triphosphate (3'-dNTP). This method enables us to conduct a rapid isothermal sequencing reaction in <30 min, to reduce the amount of template required, and to do PCR direct sequencing without the elimination of primers and 2'-dNTP, which disturbs the Sanger sequencing reaction. An accurate and longer read length was made possible by newly designed four-color dye-3'-dNTPs and mutated RNA polymerase with an improved incorporation rate of 3'-dNTP. This method should be useful for large-scale sequencing in genome projects and clinical diagnosis.
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Transcription Can Produce Different Kinds of RNA Molecules
In eukaryotes,...

