Abstract
An improved protocol for constructing microsatellite-enriched libraries was developed. The procedure depends on digesting genomic DNA with a restriction enzyme that generates blunt-ends, and on ligating linkers that, when dimerized, create a restriction site for a different blunt-end producing restriction enzyme. Efficient ligation of linkers to the genomic DNA fragments is achieved by including restriction enzymes in the ligation reaction that eliminate unwanted ligation products. After ligation, the reaction mixture is subjected to subtractive hybridization without purification. DNA fragments containing microsatellites are captured by biotin-labeled oligonucleotide repeats and recovered using streptavidin-coated beads. The recovered fragments are amplified by PCR using the linker sequence as primer, and cloned directly into a plasmid vector. The linker has the sequence GTTT on the 5′ end, which promotes efficient adenylation of the 3′ ends of the PCR products. Consequently, the amplified fragments could be cloned into vectors without purification. This procedure enables efficient enrichment and cloning of microsatellite sequences, resulting in a library with a low level of redundancy.
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Abbreviations
- SSR:
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simple sequence repeat
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Nunome, T., Negoro, S., Miyatake, K. et al. A protocol for the construction of microsatellite enriched genomic library. Plant Mol Biol Rep 24, 305–312 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02913457
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