INVITRO SELECTION OF OPTIMAL DNA SUBSTRATES FOR T4 RNA LIGASE

被引:14
作者
HARADA, K
ORGEL, LE
机构
[1] Salk Biological Studies Institute, P.O. Box 85800, San Diego
关键词
D O I
10.1073/pnas.90.4.1576
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
We have used in vitro selection techniques to characterize DNA sequences that are ligated efficiently by T4 RNA ligase. We find that the ensemble of selected sequences ligated about 10 times as efficiently as the random mixture of sequences used as the input for selection. Surprisingly, the majority of the selected sequences approximated a well-defined consensus sequence.
引用
收藏
页码:1576 / 1579
页数:4
相关论文
共 13 条
[1]   BACTERIOPHAGE-T4 ANTICODON NUCLEASE, POLYNUCLEOTIDE KINASE AND RNA LIGASE REPROCESS THE HOST LYSINE TRANSFER-RNA [J].
AMITSUR, M ;
LEVITZ, R ;
KAUFMANN, G .
EMBO JOURNAL, 1987, 6 (08) :2499-2503
[2]   REGIOSELECTIVE LIGATION OF OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDES USING DNA SPLINTS [J].
BAIN, JD ;
SWITZER, C .
NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH, 1992, 20 (16) :4372-4372
[3]   DIRECTED EVOLUTION OF AN RNA ENZYME [J].
BEAUDRY, AA ;
JOYCE, GF .
SCIENCE, 1992, 257 (5070) :635-641
[4]   SELECTION OF SINGLE-STRANDED-DNA MOLECULES THAT BIND AND INHIBIT HUMAN THROMBIN [J].
BOCK, LC ;
GRIFFIN, LC ;
LATHAM, JA ;
VERMAAS, EH ;
TOOLE, JJ .
NATURE, 1992, 355 (6360) :564-566
[5]   SELECTION INVITRO OF SINGLE-STRANDED-DNA MOLECULES THAT FOLD INTO SPECIFIC LIGAND-BINDING STRUCTURES [J].
ELLINGTON, AD ;
SZOSTAK, JW .
NATURE, 1992, 355 (6363) :850-852
[6]   INVITRO SELECTION OF RNA MOLECULES THAT BIND SPECIFIC LIGANDS [J].
ELLINGTON, AD ;
SZOSTAK, JW .
NATURE, 1990, 346 (6287) :818-822
[7]   INVITRO GENETIC-ANALYSIS OF THE TETRAHYMENA SELF-SPLICING INTRON [J].
GREEN, R ;
ELLINGTON, AD ;
SZOSTAK, JW .
NATURE, 1990, 347 (6291) :406-408
[8]  
Higgins N P, 1979, Methods Enzymol, V68, P50
[9]   INVITRO SELECTION OF RNAS THAT UNDERGO AUTOLYTIC CLEAVAGE WITH PB2+ [J].
PAN, T ;
UHLENBECK, OC .
BIOCHEMISTRY, 1992, 31 (16) :3887-3895
[10]   INVITRO GENETICS [J].
SZOSTAK, JW .
TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES, 1992, 17 (03) :89-93