COMBINATION OF INVITRO CAPPING AND RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION IMPROVES THE DETECTION OF TRANSCRIPTION START SITES IN CHLOROPLASTS

被引:26
作者
VERA, A [1 ]
SUGIURA, M [1 ]
机构
[1] NAGOYA UNIV, CTR GENE RES, NAGOYA 46401, JAPAN
关键词
CHLOROPLAST RNA; INVITRO CAPPING; PROMOTER; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION;
D O I
10.1007/BF00027352
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A primary transcript from the chloroplast rpl32 gene was labelled at its 5' end using a capping enzyme and [alpha-P-32]GTP followed by hybridization to a cold RNA probe. A RNase protection assay gave a protected band and its initiation site of transcription could thus be estimated, which had not been possible by using DNA probes. The combination of in vitro capping and RNase protection is an excellent method for mapping transcription initiation sites on the chloroplast genome and shows a high improvement relative to the DNA-employing strategies.
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