title: Novel PCR-mediated mutagenesis employing DNA containing a natural abasic site as a template and translesional Taq DNA polymerase.
abstract: We describe a novel method of PCR-mediated mutagenesis employing DNA containing a natural abasic site and translesional Taq DNA polymerase. This method incorporated an adenine (80.8%) or guanine (7.7%) residue or led to a base deletion mutation (11.2%) opposite the abasic site. We conclude that the combination of DNA containing an abasic site and translesional Taq DNA polymerase is an easy and useful technique for PCR-mediated mutagenesis, having advantages different from those of conventional error-prone PCR.
authors.affiliation: National Food Research Institute, 2-1-12 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8642, Japan.
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Motomitsu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kitaoka
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hayashi
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D004249:DNA Damage; D005818:Genetic Engineering / Q000379:methods*; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D019914:Taq Polymerase / Q000378:metabolism*; D013698:Templates, Genetic
chemical_list: D004247:DNA; D019914:Taq Polymerase