title: BAC trimming: minimizing clone overlaps.
abstract: Bacterial vectors containing large inserts of genomic DNA are now the standard substrates for large-scale genomic sequencing. Long overlaps between some clones lead to considerable redundant effort. A method for deleting defined regions from bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) inserts, using homologous recombination, was applied to minimize the overlap between successive BAC clones. This procedure, called trimming, was carried out in the recA(-) BAC host. We have precisely deleted up to 70 kb of DNA from BACs that were to be sequenced. This method requires minimal prior characterization of the clones: collections of BAC end sequences or STS-based maps will accelerate the process. BAC trimming will be useful in both small and large genome sequencing projects and will be of particular utility for gap closure in finishing phases.
authors.affiliation: European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, Heidelberg, D-69117, Germany. Fergal.Hill@emblheidelberg.de
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Benes
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Thomasova
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Kafatos
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ansorge
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D002876:Chromosomes, Bacterial; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017931:DNA Primers; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004269:DNA, Bacterial