title: BAC clones generated from sheared DNA.
abstract: BAC libraries generated from restriction-digested genomic DNA display representational bias and lack some sequences. To facilitate completion of genome projects, procedures have been developed to create BACs from DNA physically sheared to create fragments extending up to 200 kb. The DNA fragments were repaired to create blunt ends and ligated to a new BAC vector. This approach has been tested by generating BAC libraries from Drosophila DNA with insert lengths between 50 and 150 kb. The libraries lack chimeric clone problems as determined by mapping paired BAC-end sequences to the assembled fly genome sequence. The utility of "sheared" libraries was demonstrated by closure of a previous clone gap and by isolation of clones from telomeric regions, which were notably absent from previous Drosophila BAC libraries.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital and Research Center at Oakland, 747 52nd Street, Oakland, CA 94609, USA. kosoegawa@chori.org
authors.forename: Kazutoyo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Osoegawa
authors.forename: Gery M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Vessere
authors.forename: Chung
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Li Shu
authors.forename: Roger A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Hoskins
authors.forename: José P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Abad
authors.forename: Beatriz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: de Pablos
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Villasante
authors.forename: Pieter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: de Jong
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D022202:Chromosomes, Artificial, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics; D015723:Gene Library; D017344:Genes, Insect; D005822:Genetic Vectors
chemical_list: D004247:DNA