Y. Kinoshita et al., FLUORESCENCE-LABELING, ISOTOPE-LABELING OR BIOTIN-LABELING OF THE 5'-END OF SINGLE-STRANDED DNA RNA USING T4 RNA LIGASE/, Nucleic acids research, 25(18), 1997, pp. 3747-3748
A rapid 5'-labeling method of single-stranded DNA/RNA was developed, w
hich is based on the utilization of an adenylated intermediate in the
reaction of T4 RNA ligase. This method is commonly useful for fluoresc
ence-, isotope- or biotin-labeling of the 5'-ends of both oligo- and p
olynucleotides.