title: Fidelity of nucleic acid amplification with avian myeloblastosis virus reverse transcriptase and T7 RNA polymerase.
abstract: The Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification (NASBA) process involves alternate steps of DNA synthesis from an RNA template and RNA synthesis from a DNA template, using avian myeloblastosis virus (AMV) reverse transcriptase and T7 RNA polymerase, respectively. The overall fidelity of the amplification process was determined by sequence analysis of cloned DNA products of NASBA reactions. An error frequency of less than 0.3% was observed in cloned DNA products from two different segments of the HIV-1 gag gene. Partial substitution of GTP with ITP in the NASBA reaction did not significantly change the fidelity of the process. An error rate of 2 x 10(-4) was calculated for the combined effects of both polymerases.
authors.affiliation: Cangene Corporation, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sooknanan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Howes
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Read
authors.forename: L T
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Malek
mesh_terms: D009189:Avian Myeloblastosis Virus / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular / Q000379:methods*; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000737:chemistry; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases / Q000737:chemistry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012194:RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase / Q000737:chemistry*; D016914:Ribonuclease H / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004279:DNA, Viral; D012194:RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases; D016914:Ribonuclease H