title: On the mechanism of oligonucleotide-primed RNA synthesis. II. Synthesis of specific primer-initiated RNA copies suitable for DNA sequence analysis.
abstract: The effect of temperature and primer concentration on oligonucleotide-primed transcription has been studied using the separated strands of a well-defined natural DNA as template. Results were similar to those obtained in the homopolymer-directed model systems. At high temperature and excess primer concentration mainly primer-initiated RNA copies are synthesized. Omission of one ribonucleoside triphosphate also makes the termination specific. The unique RNA fragments thus obtained have been used to determine the perfectly-repeated sequence of 68 base pairs in this DNA.
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D001669:Biochemical Phenomena; D001671:Biochemistry; D004247:DNA; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases / Q000378:metabolism; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology; D007700:Kinetics; D009691:Nucleic Acid Denaturation; D013696:Temperature; D013698:Templates, Genetic; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D004247:DNA; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases