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Homopolymer tail-mediated ligation PCR: a streamlined and highly efficient method for DNA cloning and library construction
Author(s) -
David W. Lazinski,
Andrew Camilli
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
biotechniques/biotechniques
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.617
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1940-9818
pISSN - 0736-6205
DOI - 10.2144/000113981
Subject(s) - oligonucleotide , sequencing by ligation , ligation , computational biology , biology , primer (cosmetics) , massive parallel sequencing , genomic dna , primer dimer , rolling circle replication , polymerase chain reaction , dna , genomic library , microbiology and biotechnology , dna sequencing , genetics , chemistry , gene , polymerase , base sequence , multiplex polymerase chain reaction , organic chemistry
The amplification of DNA fragments, cloned between user-defined 5′ and 3′ end sequences, is a prerequisite step in the use of many current applications including massively parallel sequencing (MPS). Here we describe an improved method, called homopolymer tail-mediated ligation PCR (HTML-PCR), that requires very little starting template, minimal hands-on effort, is cost-effective, and is suited for use in high-throughput and robotic methodologies. HTML-PCR starts with the addition of homopolymer tails of controlled lengths to the 3′ termini of a double-stranded genomic template. The homopolymer tails enable the annealing-assisted ligation of a hybrid oligonucleotide to the template's recessed 5′ ends. The hybrid oligonucleotide has a user-defined sequence at its 5′ end. This primer, together with a second primer composed of a longer region complementary to the homopolymer tail and fused to a second 5′ user-defined sequence, are used in a PCR reaction to generate the final product. The user-defined sequences can be varied to enable compatibility with a wide variety of downstream applications. We demonstrate our new method by constructing MPS libraries starting from nanogram and sub-nanogram quantities of Vibrio cholerae and Streptococcus pneumoniae genomic DNA.

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