title: Use of synthetic oligonucleotides as hybridization probes: isolation of cloned cDNA sequences for human beta 2-microglobulin.
abstract: We have synthesized two sets of 15-base-long oligodeoxyribonucleotides corresponding to all possible coding sequences for a small portion of human beta 2-microglobulin. Labeled oligonucleotides were used as hybridization probes to screen bacterial clones containing cDNA sequences primed with oligo(dT) and inserted into the plasmid vector pBR322. One beta 2-microglobulin cDNA clone was detected in the 535 bacterial plasmid clones that were screened. The clone has been characterized by blotting and nucleotide sequence analysis. The cloned beta 2-microglobulin sequence contains 217 base pairs of the 3' untranslated region of the mRNA and 328 base pairs (97%) of the coding region.
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D001609:Beta-Globulins / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004274:DNA, Recombinant / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D010957:Plasmids; D001613:beta 2-Microglobulin / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D001609:Beta-Globulins; D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D009841:Oligonucleotides; D001613:beta 2-Microglobulin