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Oligonucleotide probes for the screening of recombinant DNA libraries

Journal Article · · Methods Enzymol.; (United States)
Oligonucleotides of unique sequence are also useful for screening recombinant DNA libraries. The hybridization specificity of oligonucleotide probes allows one to use unique sequences probes to screen for genomic clones or cDNAs encoding a specific number of a multigene family, to screen for a new allele when the sequence of one allele is known, to screen for a specific region of a gene, to screen for specific mutants created by site-directed mutagenesis, or to screen libraries with probes whose sequence represents a consensus coding sequence. This chapter deals with procedures for the use of oligonucleotides as hybridization probes including probe design, labeling, and hybridization to colonies, phage plaques, DNA, and RNA.
OSTI ID:
6651767
Journal Information:
Methods Enzymol.; (United States), Journal Name: Methods Enzymol.; (United States) Vol. 152; ISSN MENZA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English