M. Marra et al., END SEQUENCE DETERMINATION FROM LARGE INSERT CLONES USING ENERGY-TRANSFER FLUORESCENT PRIMERS, PCR methods and applications, 6(11), 1996, pp. 1118-1122
Genome mapping strategies depend heavily on confirmatory data of sever
al types to establish overlaps between contiguous stretches of cloned
DNA derived from genomic regions. One type of ancillary data that can
contribute to establishing these overlaps is DNA sequence data derived
from the ends of large (>30 kb) inserts in genomic clones. This type
of data can be difficult to obtain routinely, because large clones are
often unstable and microgram quantities of highly purified DNA are re
quired in each sequencing reaction to obtain sufficient signal for acc
urate base calling and maximum read length. Recently, we have been exp
erimenting with methods to consistently obtain up to 800 bases of high
-quality sequence data from the ends of large insert clones using Ther
moSequenase DNA polymerase and Energy Transfer fluorescent primers. Ou
r experimental approach and results, described in this paper, indicate
that routinely obtaining high-quality sequence data from the ends of
large insert genomic clones is feasible. Such data can contribute to t
he assessment of common regions between large insert clones, to the es
tablishment of conservation of synteny between closely related species
, and to the detection of additional contiguous clones.