title: Nucleic acid library construction using synthetic DNA constructs.
abstract: This chapter outlines seven synthetic and molecular biology techniques that allow the controlled synthesis of nucleic acid libraries. Specifically: (1) The high-diversity chemical synthesis of point mutations; (2) the high-diversity chemical synthesis of point deletions; (3) the split-bead approach for constructing point mutation or deletion libraries with limited sequence diversity; (4) pool deprotection, gel purification, and quality-control techniques; (5) large-scale polymerase chain reaction amplification for the generation of high-diversity double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid libraries; (6) type II restriction enzyme digestion techniques for the construction of long-sequence libraries containing minimal fixed sequence; and (7) extension techniques for the rapid synthesis of long, low-diversity oligonucleotide sequences.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
authors.forename: Hani S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Zaher
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Unrau
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D009696:Nucleic Acids / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D017354:Point Mutation; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D009696:Nucleic Acids; D004247:DNA