title: Genotypic analysis of mutations in Taq I restriction recognition sites by restriction fragment length polymorphism/polymerase chain reaction.
abstract: Point mutations in somatic cells play a role in the etiology of several classes of human pathologies. Experimental procedures are required that allow the detection and quantitation of such mutations in disease-related genes in tissue biopsy samples without the need for the selection of mutated cells. We describe the genotypic analysis of single base pair mutations in the Taq I endonuclease recognition sequence TCGA, residues 2508-2511 of exon 2 of the human c-H-ras1 gene, by the restriction fragment length polymorphism/polymerase chain reaction (RFLP/PCR) approach. The high thermostability of Taq I endonuclease allows the continuous removal of eventual residual wild-type sequences during the thermocycling of the PCR and reduces polymerase errors in the final RFLP/PCR product to a minimum. As few as five copies of a mutant standard containing two base pair changes in the chosen Taq I site could be rescued from 10(8) copies of wild-type DNA. Taq I RFLP/PCR holds promise for the monitoring of mutations in biochemical epidemiology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Carcinogenesis, Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research, Epalinges/Lausanne.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Sandy
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Chiocca
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Cerutti
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific / Q000378:metabolism*; D011905:Genes, ras; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic
chemical_list: D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific; C027046:TCGA-specific type II deoxyribonucleases