AN IMPROVED METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF DCM METHYLATION IN DNA-MOLECULES

被引:13
作者
REUTER, M
PEIN, CD
BUTKUS, V
KRUGER, DH
机构
[1] HUMBOLDT UNIV,BEREICH MED CHARITE,INST VIROL,SCHUMANNSTR 20-21,O-1040 BERLIN,GERMANY
[2] HUMBOLDT UNIV,DEPT CHEM,O-1040 BERLIN,GERMANY
[3] VILNIUS APPL ENZYMOL INST,VILNIUS 232028,LITHUANIA,USSR
关键词
bacteriophage M13; DNA methylation; oligodeoxyribonucleotide duplexes; restriction endonuclease BstNI; restriction endonuclease EcoRII; restriction endonuclease MvaI; vector M13mp18;
D O I
10.1016/0378-1119(90)90429-U
中图分类号
Q3 [遗传学];
学科分类号
071007 ; 090102 ;
摘要
The intrinsic insensitivity of EcoRII recognition sites in RF DNAs of phage M13 and vector M13mp18 towards this restriction endonuclease can be overcome by adding site-specific oligodeoxyribonucleotide duplexes to the restriction sample. Since Dcm- DNA but not Dcm+-methylated DNA becomes susceptible under these conditions, this procedure constitutes an improvement of the Dcm methylation assay. © 1990.
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页码:161 / 162
页数:2
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