Applications of interspersed repeat sequence polymerase chain reaction

Item Type:	Article
Title:	Applications of interspersed repeat sequence polymerase chain reaction
Creators Name:	Zimdahl, H. and Goesele, C. and Kreitler, T. and Knoblauch, M.
Abstract:	Analysis of complex genomes includes characterization of complete large-insert genomic libraries comprising several hundreds of thousands of clones. Conventional methods to screen large-insert clone libraries for specific clones within a defined chromosomal interval are polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based using microsatellite markers. This strategy is labor- and cost-intensive and requires the PCR amplification of several thousands of DNA samples and verification of the PCR products via agarose gel electrophoresis. The number of PCR reactions is significantly reduced by the pooling of library clones in a three-dimensional (3D) pooling system. Nevertheless, several hundred PCR reactions are necessary to screen a P1-derived artificial chromosome (PAC) or bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) library for one individual microsatellite marker. The application of high-density clone arrays, spotted robotically on nylon filters, offers the possibility of screening several tens of thousands of clones in a single working step. A new hybridization-based marker system has been established in the department of Hans Lehrach at the Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics (Berlin, Germany). The interspersed repetitive sequence (IRS) markers are generated by amplification of genomic sequences that are located between two repetitive short interspersed repetitive elements (SINE) elements and are evenly distributed over the whole genome. IRS-PCR strategies have been applied to various species using the SINE sequences in human (Alu repeat), mouse (B1 repeat), rat (ID repeat), and zebrafish (DANA/mermaid repeat).
Keywords:	Bacterial Artificial Chromosomes, Base Sequence, DNA Primers, DNA Probes, Genomic Library, Interspersed Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid Hybridization, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis, P1 Bacteriophage Artificial Chromosomes, Yeast Artificial Chromosomes, Animals
Source:	Methods in Molecular Biology
ISSN:	1064-3745
Publisher:	Springer / Humana Press
Volume:	255
Page Range:	113-129
Date:	2004
Official Publication:	https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-752-1:113
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