Soybean cDNA library Gm-c1004
| Dr. Paul Keim | Phone: | 520-523-1078 | e-mail: | paul.keim@nau.edu | |||
| Virginia H. Coryell | 520-523-1372 | virginia.coryell@nau.edu | |||||
| Department of Biology | FAX: | 520-523-7500 | |||||
| Box 5640 | |||||||
| Northern Arizona University | |||||||
| Flagstaff, AZ 86011 |
| The mRNA was isolated from entire roots of 8-day-old 'Williams' seedlings which were propagated on paper towels with distilled water. Stratagene's cDNA Synthesis Kit (catalog number 200401) was used to synthesize the cDNA. First-strand synthesis was performed with 5-methyl dCTP, hence the ligated cDNA is hemimethylated. Stratagene's first-strand synthesis primer was used [GAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAACTAGTCTCGAG(T)18]. After second-strand synthesis, the cDNA ends were "polished" with cloned Pfu DNA polymerase, ligated to EcoRI adapters, and phosphorylated. The XhoI site within the first-strand synthesis primer was restricted by digestion with XhoI; all XhoI sites in the cDNA would be protected by their hemimethylated status. The cDNA constructs were size-fractionated with a 500 bp cutoff, using GibcoBRL Life Technologies' cDNA Size Fractionation column. The column eluent was then ligated into Stratagene's pBluescript® II XR predigested vector (pBluescript II SK(+) that had been digested with EcoRI and XhoI, and phosphorylated). Both the white and blue colonies appear to contain recombinant plasmids with cDNA inserts. Blue colonies (n=15) have been sequenced, and possess putative cDNA inserts. A complete vector and adapter sequence, from M13 Reverse primer to M13 20 primer, is shown below. |
| Williams |
| pBluescript® II XR |
| 1,880 ml of transformed DH10B ; approximately 49,256 cfu in 1X LB and 25% glycerol, with 2 additional 50-ml aliquots (about 1310 cfu each) of the same for preliminary picking/screening |
| ligation efficiency (white cfu/total cfu)x100 = 83% |
| transformation efficiency = 1.06 x 107 white cfu/mg vector DNA (GibcoBRL ElectroMAX® DH10B cells) |
| average insert sizes: | white colonies = 844 bp (range from 150 to 2000 bp), n=79 |
| blue colonies = 656 bp (range from 375 to 950 bp), n=18 | |
| overall insert average size = 812 bp |
826 M13 Reverse primer T3 primer
5 GGAAAC AGCTATGACC ATG 3 5 A ATTAACCCTC ACTAAAGGG 3
5 GGAAAC AGCTATGACC ATGATTACGC CAAGCGCGCA ATTAACCCTC ACTAAAGGGA
3 CCTTTG TCGATACTGG TACTAATGCG GTTCGCGCGT TAATTGGGAG TGATTTCCCT
SK primer
5 CGCTCTAGA ACTAGTGGAT C 3
ACAAAAGCTG GAGCTCCACC GCGGTGGCGG CCGCTCTAGA ACTAGTGGAT CCCCCGGGCT
TGTTTTCGAC CTCGAGGTGG CGCCACCGCC GGCGAGATCT TGATCACCTA GGGGGCCCGA
EcoR I adapter Xho I
5 AATTC GGCACGAG 3 5 CTC GAG 3
GCAGGAATTC GGCACGAG--cDNA--(A)nCTC GAGGGGGGGC CCGGTACCCA
CGTCCTTAAG CCGTGCTC--cDNA--(T)nGAG CTCCCCCCCG GGCCATGGGT
3 G CCGTGCTC 5
EcoR I adapter
ATTCGCCCTA TAGTGAGTCG TATTACGCGC GCTCACTGGC CGTCGTTTTA C 3
TAAGCGGGAT ATCACTCAGC ATAATGCGCG CGAGTGACCG GCAGCAAAAT G 5
3 CGGGAT ATCACTCAGC ATAATG 5 3 TGACCG GCAGCAAAAT G 5
T7 primer M13 20 primer 600
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