The synthesis of a DNA duplex corresponding to the icosanucleotide sequence at the 5' end of messenger RNA from the gene N of bacteriophage lambda.
In connection with work on the nucleotide sequence of the promoter for the gene N of bacteriophage lambda as well as a study of the mechanism of transcription, a 20-unit long DNA duplex corresponding to the known sequence at the 5' end of the above gene transcript has been synthesized. For synthesis, the required duplex was divided into the following deoxyribooligonucleotides: a) the dodecanucleotide, d-A-T-C-A-G-C-A-G-G-A-C-G (II); b) the octanucleotide, d-C-A-C-T-G-A-C-C- (IV); c) the hexanucleotide, d-G-C-T-G-A-rU (I); and d) dodecanucleotide, d-T-C-A-G-T-G-C-G-T-C-C-T (III). All of the four olignucleotides were chemically synthesized and characterized by extensive chromatographic and fingerprinting methods (after labeling the 5' ends with[32P]phosphate group). Longer polynucleotides (an icosa- and an octadecanucleotide) were prepared by polynucleotide ligase-catalyzed joining of segments I and III and by joining segments II and IV. The use of the octadecanucleotide, d-T-C-A-G-T-G-C-G-T-C-C-T-G-C-T-G-A-rU, in work on the sequence analysis of the promoter is described in the accompanying paper. The octadecanucleotide and icosanucleotide were hybridized together to give the double-stranded duplex.
D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D001345:Autoradiography; D001483:Base Sequence; D002848:Chromatography, DEAE-Cellulose; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D003090:Coliphages; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004588:Electrophoresis, Cellulose Acetate; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005796:Genes; D010761:Phosphorus Radioisotopes; D011116:Polynucleotide 5'-Hydroxyl-Kinase / Q000378:metabolism; D011118:Polynucleotide Ligases / Q000378:metabolism; D011119:Polynucleotides / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
D004279:DNA, Viral; D010761:Phosphorus Radioisotopes; D011119:Polynucleotides; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D011116:Polynucleotide 5'-Hydroxyl-Kinase; D011118:Polynucleotide Ligases