title: Linker-mediated recombinational subcloning of large DNA fragments using yeast.
abstract: The homologous recombination pathway in yeast is an ideal tool for the sequence-specific assembly of plasmids. Complementary 80-nucleotide oligonucleotides that overlap a vector and a target fragment were found to serve as efficient recombination linkers for fragment subcloning. Using electroporation, single-stranded 80-mers were adequate for routine plasmid construction. A cycloheximide-based counterselection was introduced to increase the specificity of cloning by homologous recombination relative to nonspecific vector background. Reconstruction experiments suggest this counterselection increased cloning specificity by 100-fold. Cycloheximide counterselection was used in conjunction with 80-bp linkers to subclone targeted regions from bacterial artificial chromosomes. This technology may find broad application in the final stages of completing the Human Genome Sequencing Project and in applications of BAC clones to the functional analysis of complex genomes.
authors.affiliation: The University of Washington Genome Center, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98115, USA. craymond@u.washington.edu
authors.forename: Christopher K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Raymond
authors.forename: Elizabeth H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Sims
authors.forename: Maynard V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Olson
mesh_terms: D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000378:metabolism; D001685:Biological Factors / Q000235:genetics; D022202:Chromosomes, Artificial, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D003001:Cloning, Molecular / Q000379:methods*; D003513:Cycloheximide / Q000378:metabolism; D053938:DNA Fragmentation / Q000235:genetics*; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial / Q000235:genetics; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D010448:Peptide Initiation Factors; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D011995:Recombination, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D000097574:Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 5A
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D001685:Biological Factors; D003513:Cycloheximide; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D010448:Peptide Initiation Factors; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D000097574:Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 5A