摘要
目的制备含鸭乙型肝炎病毒(DHBV)前核心区终止密码突变的基因片段,以对此基因突变作有关生物学研究。方法用重叠延伸聚合酶链反应(OE-PCR)制备含此人工定向点突变的基因片段;用不对称聚合酶链反应(asy-PCR)制备单链DNA模板作测序。结果凝胶电泳显示OE-PCR产物与克隆DHBVDNA酶切片段位置一致,测序证实该点突变存在。结论用OE-PCR作人工定向基因突变,不需要克隆制备单链模板及筛选阳性克隆,2天内即可出结果,较传统方法简便、快速、有效。
ObjectiveTogenerateaDNAfragmentcontainingastopcodonmutationinprecoreregionofduckhepatitisBvirusforbiologicalresearch.MethodsThispointmutationoftheDNAfragmentwascreatedbyoverlapextensionusingpolymerasechainreaction(PCR).ThesinglestrandDNAtemplatewaspreparedbyasymmetricPCRforDNAsequencing.ResultsAfterdigestionwithNco1andNsi1thebandofPCRproductsranthesamepositionthroughgelelectrophoresewithclonedDHBV3fragment.ThepointmutationwasconfirmedbydirectedDNAsequencing.Conclu-sionsEliminationofclonestepforsinglestrandDNAtemplateandscreeningpositiveclonesandtheadvantagesofsite-directedmutagenesisbyoverlapextensionusingPCRareitssimplicityandeficien-cy.Theprocedurecanbeperformedwhthintwodays.