Nucleic Acids Research Advance Access originally published online on March 6, 2007
Nucleic Acids Research 2007 35(6):1992-2002; doi:10.1093/nar/gkm041
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Nucleic Acids Research, 2007, Vol. 35, No. 6 1992-2002
© 2007 The Author(s)
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USERTM friendly DNA engineering and cloning method by uracil excision
1New England Biolabs, Inc., 240 County Road, Ipswich MA 01938, USA, 2Department of Radiology, Maine Medical Center, 22 Bramhall Street, Portland, ME 04102, USA, 3Applied Biosystems, Inc., 850 Lincoln Center Drive, Foster City, CA 94404, USA and 4CerroSci LLC, PO Box 177, Cerrillos, NM 87010, USA
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Received October 27, 2006. Revised December 22, 2006. Accepted January 9, 2007.
Here we report a PCR-based DNA engineering technique for seamless assembly of recombinant molecules from multiple components. We create cloning vector and target molecules flanked with compatible single-stranded (ss) extensions. The vector contains a cassette with two inversely oriented nicking endonuclease sites separated by restriction endonuclease site(s). The spacer sequences between the nicking and restriction sites are tailored to create ss extensions of custom sequence. The vector is then linearized by digestion with nicking and restriction endonucleases. To generate target molecules, a single deoxyuridine (dU) residue is placed 6–10 nt away from the 5'-end of each PCR primer. 5' of dU the primer sequence is compatible either with an ss extension on the vector or with the ss extension of the next-in-line PCR product. After amplification, the dU is excised from the PCR products with the USER enzyme leaving PCR products flanked by 3' ss extensions. When mixed together, the linearized vector and PCR products directionally assemble into a recombinant molecule through complementary ss extensions. By varying the design of the PCR primers, the protocol is easily adapted to perform one or more simultaneous DNA manipulations such as directional cloning, site-specific mutagenesis, sequence insertion or deletion and sequence assembly.
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