title: Efficient correction of a mutation by use of chemically synthesized DNA.
abstract: The mutated base in the am3 lysis-defective mutant of the bacteriophage phiX174 has been corrected by a combined in vitro enzymatic DNA synthesis and in vivo replication of the heteroduplex product. Chemically synthesized oligodeoxyribonucleotides carrying the wild-type sequence have been used to prime DNA synthesis with am3 phiX174 DNA serving as a template. The resultant semisynthetic heteroduplex composed of an am3(+) strand and a wild-type (-) strand, with one mismatched base pair at position 587 on the phiX174 DNA sequence, was used to infect spheroplasts. The progeny phage were analyzed by a parallel plaque assay on wild-type host, Escherichia coli C, to screen for wild-type phenotype, and on E. coli HF4714, an amber suppressor strain, to determine the total progeny phage. When a 23-base-long synthetic primer was used, about one-third of total progeny were found to be wild type. Shorter primers yielded lower percentages of wild type; they also had poorer priming activity.
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D003090:Coliphages / Q000235:genetics*; D011088:DNA Ligases / Q000378:metabolism; D004256:DNA Polymerase I / Q000378:metabolism; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D009154:Mutation; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000138:chemical synthesis*
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D009841:Oligonucleotides; D004256:DNA Polymerase I; D011088:DNA Ligases