title: Direct cloning of the unknown flanking DNA fragments from a large insert without restriction mapping.
abstract: A simple technique for direct cloning of the target DNA fragments from a large insert according to its adjacent known sequence is described here. In this new subcloning method, a large DNA insert is digested and ligated with a linearized plasmid vector to construct a subclone library that is subjected to screening. The bacterial clones in this library are individually picked, grown in a 96-well plate, and then pooled across the rows or columns. Target clones are obtained from the ordered separate pools by PCR-screening with a set of primers, one specific for the adjacent known sequence and the other serving as "anchor primer" specific for the vector sequence. This direct subcloning procedure was efficiently demonstrated by cloning a specific DNA region from a large insert within 2 days without mapping the starting DNA or isolating the digested DNA fragment.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China. boliang@server.shcnc.ac.cn
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D003001:Cloning, Molecular / Q000379:methods*; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D017931:DNA Primers; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D015894:Genome, Human; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015183:Restriction Mapping
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004247:DNA