title: Development of simple sequence repeat markers from bacterial artificial chromosomes without subcloning.
abstract: Simple sequence repeats (SSRs) were isolated from pearl millet bacterial artificial clones (BACs) without any subcloning steps. SSR sequences were targeted using 3' end-anchored SSR primers. Flanking sequences were isolated by suppression PCR. In this pilot study, 25 SSR markers have been developed from 40 BAC pools, comprising a total of 384 clones. This novel way to develop new markers has the added advantage that mapping the SSR markers will anchor individual BACs to the genetic maps and, thus, facilitate the construction of BAC contigs.
authors.affiliation: John Innes Centre, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK. xiaoquan.qi@bbsrc.ac.uk
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lindup
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Pittaway
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Allouis
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Gale
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Devos
mesh_terms: D022202:Chromosomes, Artificial, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular / Q000379:methods*; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D005819:Genetic Markers; D018598:Minisatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D020079:Terminal Repeat Sequences / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D005819:Genetic Markers