【目的】深入探究麦根腐平脐蠕孢(Bipolaris sorokiniana)生长发育及致病力的分子作用机制,并鉴定BsTup1的互作蛋白。【方法】利用麦根腐平脐蠕孢(B.sorokiniana)孢子和不同时期的菌丝体为材料,构建酵母双杂交cDNA文库,以BsTup1基因为...【目的】深入探究麦根腐平脐蠕孢(Bipolaris sorokiniana)生长发育及致病力的分子作用机制,并鉴定BsTup1的互作蛋白。【方法】利用麦根腐平脐蠕孢(B.sorokiniana)孢子和不同时期的菌丝体为材料,构建酵母双杂交cDNA文库,以BsTup1基因为诱饵来筛选酵母双杂交文库,确定与BsTup1相互作用的蛋白。【结果】1)利用SMART(switching mechanism at 5′end of the RNA transcript)技术首次成功构建了麦根腐平脐蠕孢(B.sorokini-ana)分生孢子和菌丝体的混合cDNA文库。文库鉴定结果表明,构建的cDNA文库库容为4.8×10^(7) cfu·mL^(-1),文库插入片段重组率达100%且平均大小为1000 bp。2)构建了pGBKT7-BsTup1诱饵载体,无自激活活性。3)使用诱饵蛋白载体pGBKT7-BsTup1对麦根腐平脐蠕孢(B.sorokiniana)酵母双杂交cDNA文库进行筛选,经测序、序列比对和酵母回转验证,获得38个与BsTup1相互作用的候选蛋白。【结论】成功构建了麦根腐平脐蠕孢(B.sorokiniana)的cDNA文库,并鉴定出38个与BsTup1相互作用的候选蛋白。展开更多
The cDNA library normalized by reassociation is a newly-developed and effective platform for EST acquisition and gene discovery.It decreases the prevalence of clones representing abundant transcripts and dramatically ...The cDNA library normalized by reassociation is a newly-developed and effective platform for EST acquisition and gene discovery.It decreases the prevalence of clones representing abundant transcripts and dramatically increases the efficiency of random sequencing and rare gene discovery.The principle,procedure and applications of normalized cDNA library were reviewed in this paper,which provides theoretical basis for the development of normalized cDNA library and discover more novel genes.展开更多
[Objective] The aim of the study is to construct cDNA library of midgut tissue of wild silkworm and isolate the serine protease gene. [Method] The midgut tissue-specific cDNA library of wild silkworm was constructed v...[Objective] The aim of the study is to construct cDNA library of midgut tissue of wild silkworm and isolate the serine protease gene. [Method] The midgut tissue-specific cDNA library of wild silkworm was constructed via cDNA Library Construction Kit (TaKaRa), then the serine protease gene was cloned via sequencing of the yielded cDNA library. [Result] The titer of cDNA library reached 6.2×105 pfu/ml, average insert size was about 1.2 kb. The serine protease gene cDNA fragment was obtained from colony sequencing (Accession No: EU672968). The nucleotide sequence of the cloned 854 bp fragment encodes 284 amino acid residues. Homology analyses showed some homology between putative amino acid sequence of the cloned fragment and amino acid sequences of serine proteases from other ten insects. [Conclusion] The results may avail to reveal the resistance of silkworm and wild silkworm to exotic intrusion.展开更多
[Objective] This study aimed to construct the full-length cDNA library for ger- minating seeds of Phyllostachys heterocycla [Method] Germinating seeds of P. hetero- cycla were used as experimental materials to constru...[Objective] This study aimed to construct the full-length cDNA library for ger- minating seeds of Phyllostachys heterocycla [Method] Germinating seeds of P. hetero- cycla were used as experimental materials to construct the full-length cDNA library by using Oligo-capping method. [Result] The constructed library has a total capacity of 6.5×10^6 recombinant clones, and a low proportion of clones without inserted frag- ments; the size of inserted fragments ranges between 0.3-5.0 kb, with strict classifi- cation and ideal consistency. Furthermore, the proportion of clones harboring long in- serted fragments (1.0-5.0 kb) is as high as 30%, achieving the standard for high- quality full-length cDNA library. [Conclusion] The full-length cDNA library of germinat- ing seeds of P. heterocycla was successfully constructed, which laid important foun- dation for the functional genomics research of bamboo plants.展开更多
Sesame (Sesamue indicum L.) is one of the most important oilseed crops with high oil yield. Here, we described a simple and efficient method for constructing a normalized cDNA library from a high oil content cultiva...Sesame (Sesamue indicum L.) is one of the most important oilseed crops with high oil yield. Here, we described a simple and efficient method for constructing a normalized cDNA library from a high oil content cultivar of sesame Zhongzhi 14, during its oil accumulation stages. It combined switching mechanism at 5?end of RNA transcript (SMART) technique and duplex-specific nuclease (DSN) normalization methods. Double-stranded cDNAs were synthesized from mRNAs, processed by normalization and Sfi I restriction endonuclease, and finally the cDNAs were ligated to pDNR-LIB vector. The ligation mixture was transformed into Escherichia coli DH10B by electroporation. The capacity of the library was 1.0?06 clones in this library. Gel electrophoresis results indicated the fragments ranged from 700 to 2 000 bp, with the average size of 1 800 bp. Random picking clones showed that the recombination rate was 100%. The results showed that the cDNA library constructed successfully was a full-length library with high quality, and could be used to screen the genes related to development of oil synthesis.展开更多
Female inflorescence of Betula platyphylla was sampled at an interval of eachtwo days to analyze the background of gene expression in floral phase. On the basis of SMARTstrategy, the driver cDNA was obtained from tota...Female inflorescence of Betula platyphylla was sampled at an interval of eachtwo days to analyze the background of gene expression in floral phase. On the basis of SMARTstrategy, the driver cDNA was obtained from total RNA of the last sample and the tester cDNA wasfrom that of the others by RT-PCR which were subsequently used to construct a subtracted cDNAlibrary. The result of the ESTs (expression sequence tags) blastX showed that the genes in thesubtracted cDNA library could be mainly clustered into 5 groups related to metabolism,transportation and signal transduction, cell cycle, stress response, and regulation. Therelationship between gene expression and development was also discussed.展开更多
The cDNA library of an ovary from Small Tail Han sheep before estrus was constructed by switching mechanism at 5' end of RNA transcript (SMART) approach. This library had a plaque titer of 1 x 109 pfu mL-1 and a 96...The cDNA library of an ovary from Small Tail Han sheep before estrus was constructed by switching mechanism at 5' end of RNA transcript (SMART) approach. This library had a plaque titer of 1 x 109 pfu mL-1 and a 96% recombinant ratio of which the fragment length of inserted average cDNA sequences was 1.0 kb. Based on bioinformatics analysis of the sequences, we obtained 338 expressed sequence tags (ESTs) from 380 cDNA clones which indicated 191 contigs. These contigs consist of 89 unmatched ESTs, 9 homologous known genes in sheep, and 93 homologous sequences in species of mouse, bovine, and human beings, including 19 sequences expressed in the ovary or follicle and 14 unknown sequences. Several candidate genes associated with sheep reproduction trait such as epidermal growth factor (EGF), estrogen receptor (ESR), Inhibin, follicle stimulating hormone receptor (FSHR), prostaglandin (PG), and transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) were identified and the homologous were cloned from this library, which will contribute to compile expression profiles and find the major genes of prolificacy of Small Tail Han sheep.展开更多
A mature appressorium cDNA library of rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe grisea, was constructed in a λTriplEx2 vector by SMART?cDNA library containing 2.37×106 independent clones about 100% of which harbor foreign ...A mature appressorium cDNA library of rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe grisea, was constructed in a λTriplEx2 vector by SMART?cDNA library containing 2.37×106 independent clones about 100% of which harbor foreign cDNA inserts with average size of 660 bp. Of 9 randomly selected clones, 2 expressed sequence tags (ESTs) sequences did not have homologous EST sequences of M grisea in GenBank. The appressorium cDNA library is suitable for gene expression analysis and function analysis of the late stages of appressorium formation and the early stages of penetration of M grisea.展开更多
Uncinula necator is a worldwide serious fungus disease causing annual heavy lost on grapevine production. In order to get more informations on defense related EST sequences and help breeding program, we constructed an...Uncinula necator is a worldwide serious fungus disease causing annual heavy lost on grapevine production. In order to get more informations on defense related EST sequences and help breeding program, we constructed and characterized a suppression subtractive hybridization cDNA library with artificially inoculated leaves and control Chinese wild Vitis pseudoreticulata clone Baihe-35-1, which is highly resistant to powdery mildew. In the library, the length of 58 EST fragments known as putative functions varied from 130 to 800 bp, and 60% of the ESTs exhibited high similarity to known sequences in database of GenBank with BLASTX analysis. These genes were involved in stress/defense response, detoxification, signal transduction, disease defense, and etc., and 14 ESTs remained unknown or hypothetical proteins, which may be new genes. The experiment provided an important basis for studying the disease-resistance mechanism and obtaining the genes for the aim of improving grapevine powdery mildew resistance.展开更多
The present study reports an improved PCR-based technique that allows quick and effective screening of cDNA libraries. First, the cDNA library was arrayed as follow: about 3 X 10’ cDNA clones were multiplied as indiv...The present study reports an improved PCR-based technique that allows quick and effective screening of cDNA libraries. First, the cDNA library was arrayed as follow: about 3 X 10’ cDNA clones were multiplied as individual plaques on solid medium in 24-well culture dishes at 1 200 plaque forming units per well. The phage suspension of each well was transferred to an individual microcentrifuge tube in 72-tube box. Then, box pool, row pools and column pools were set up that respectively represent a 72-tube box, rows and columns within the box. To screen a specific target cDNA,primers specific for novel ESTs ob- tained in our laboratory were employed to conduct PCR in a hierarchy mode. PCR began with the box pools, resulting in the identification of some Positive box pools. Then PCR went down to the row and col- umn pools of the positive box. The intersection of the positive row (s) and column (s) revealed the candi- date positive tubes. The specificity of PCR products were meanwhile checked by restriction enzyme diges- tion. Finally, hybridization was carried out to get single specific cDNA clomes from the positive tubes. This PCR-based technique features high specificity, high efficiency and less-cost in large-scale cDNA library screening. Our initial implementation of the technique resulted in the isolation of three longer different cD- NA clones from a human fetal brain cDNA library. Thus this improved technique can serve as an alterna-tive to the time-consuming and laborious conventional hybridization-based method for screening cDNA li-brary.展开更多
Porcine skeletal muscle genes play a major role in determining muscle growth and meat quality. Construction of a full-length cDNA library is an effective way to understand the expression of functional genes in muscle ...Porcine skeletal muscle genes play a major role in determining muscle growth and meat quality. Construction of a full-length cDNA library is an effective way to understand the expression of functional genes in muscle tissues. In addition, novel genes for further research could be identified in the library. In this study, we constructed a full-length cDNA library from porcine muscle tissue. The estimated average size of the cDNA inserts was 1 076 bp, and the cDNA fullness ratio was 86.2%. A total of 1 058 unique sequences with 342 contigs (32.3%) and 716 singleton (67.7%) expressed sequence tags (EST) were obtained by clustering and assembling. Meanwhile, 826 (78.1%) ESTs were categorized as known genes, and 232 (21.9%) ESTs were categorized as unknown genes. 65 novel porcine genes that exhibit no identity in the TIGR gene index of Sus scrofa and 124 full-length sequences with unknown functions were deposited in the dbEST division of GenBank (accession numbers: EU650784-EU650788, GE843306, GH228978-GH229100). The abundantly expressed genes in porcine muscle tissue were related to muscle fiber development, energy metabolism and protein synthesis. Gene ontology analysis showed that sequences expressed in porcine muscle tissue contained a high percentage of binding activity, catalytic activity, structural molecule activity and motor activity, which involved mainly in metabolic, cellular and developmental process, distributed mainly in intracellular region. The sequence data generated in this study would provide valuable information for identifying porcine genes expressed in muscle tissue and help to advance the study on the structure and function of genes in pigs.展开更多
The root of Panax ginseng plant undergoes a specific developmental process to become a biosynthesis and accumulation tissue for ginsenosides. To identify and analyze genes involved in the biosynthesis of ginsenoside, ...The root of Panax ginseng plant undergoes a specific developmental process to become a biosynthesis and accumulation tissue for ginsenosides. To identify and analyze genes involved in the biosynthesis of ginsenoside, we constructed and characterized a full-length cDNA library for 6-year-old North American ginseng. The titer of primary cDNA library is 1.2 × 10^6 pfu/mL, the titer of amplified library is 2. 6 × 10^10 pfu/mL and the rate of recombinant is above 86%. The insert size ranges from 0. 3 to 2.0 kb. Sequencing results show that 18 of 58 genes are high homologous to the genes (GBRS, GBR3 and GBR1 ) known in GenBank, which are involved in biosynthesis of ginsenoside in North American ginseng plant; 16 of 58 genes are novel genes. The full-length cDNA library of North American ginseng root tissues is essential for the cloning of genes known and it is also an initial key for the screening and cloning of new genes.展开更多
文摘【目的】深入探究麦根腐平脐蠕孢(Bipolaris sorokiniana)生长发育及致病力的分子作用机制,并鉴定BsTup1的互作蛋白。【方法】利用麦根腐平脐蠕孢(B.sorokiniana)孢子和不同时期的菌丝体为材料,构建酵母双杂交cDNA文库,以BsTup1基因为诱饵来筛选酵母双杂交文库,确定与BsTup1相互作用的蛋白。【结果】1)利用SMART(switching mechanism at 5′end of the RNA transcript)技术首次成功构建了麦根腐平脐蠕孢(B.sorokini-ana)分生孢子和菌丝体的混合cDNA文库。文库鉴定结果表明,构建的cDNA文库库容为4.8×10^(7) cfu·mL^(-1),文库插入片段重组率达100%且平均大小为1000 bp。2)构建了pGBKT7-BsTup1诱饵载体,无自激活活性。3)使用诱饵蛋白载体pGBKT7-BsTup1对麦根腐平脐蠕孢(B.sorokiniana)酵母双杂交cDNA文库进行筛选,经测序、序列比对和酵母回转验证,获得38个与BsTup1相互作用的候选蛋白。【结论】成功构建了麦根腐平脐蠕孢(B.sorokiniana)的cDNA文库,并鉴定出38个与BsTup1相互作用的候选蛋白。
基金Supported by the 973 Program of China (No. 2006CB101600)~~
文摘The cDNA library normalized by reassociation is a newly-developed and effective platform for EST acquisition and gene discovery.It decreases the prevalence of clones representing abundant transcripts and dramatically increases the efficiency of random sequencing and rare gene discovery.The principle,procedure and applications of normalized cDNA library were reviewed in this paper,which provides theoretical basis for the development of normalized cDNA library and discover more novel genes.
文摘[Objective] The aim of the study is to construct cDNA library of midgut tissue of wild silkworm and isolate the serine protease gene. [Method] The midgut tissue-specific cDNA library of wild silkworm was constructed via cDNA Library Construction Kit (TaKaRa), then the serine protease gene was cloned via sequencing of the yielded cDNA library. [Result] The titer of cDNA library reached 6.2×105 pfu/ml, average insert size was about 1.2 kb. The serine protease gene cDNA fragment was obtained from colony sequencing (Accession No: EU672968). The nucleotide sequence of the cloned 854 bp fragment encodes 284 amino acid residues. Homology analyses showed some homology between putative amino acid sequence of the cloned fragment and amino acid sequences of serine proteases from other ten insects. [Conclusion] The results may avail to reveal the resistance of silkworm and wild silkworm to exotic intrusion.
基金Supported by Specialized Fund for the Basic Research Operating Expenses Program of International Centre for Bamboo and Rattan(163201300812618-7)Special Fund for Research and Development of Forestry Nonprofit Industry(200704001)~~
文摘[Objective] This study aimed to construct the full-length cDNA library for ger- minating seeds of Phyllostachys heterocycla [Method] Germinating seeds of P. hetero- cycla were used as experimental materials to construct the full-length cDNA library by using Oligo-capping method. [Result] The constructed library has a total capacity of 6.5×10^6 recombinant clones, and a low proportion of clones without inserted frag- ments; the size of inserted fragments ranges between 0.3-5.0 kb, with strict classifi- cation and ideal consistency. Furthermore, the proportion of clones harboring long in- serted fragments (1.0-5.0 kb) is as high as 30%, achieving the standard for high- quality full-length cDNA library. [Conclusion] The full-length cDNA library of germinat- ing seeds of P. heterocycla was successfully constructed, which laid important foun- dation for the functional genomics research of bamboo plants.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (2011cb109305)the Genetically Modified Organisms Breeding Major Projects, China (2009zx08004-002B)+1 种基金the Open Project Program of Key Laboratory for Oil Crops Biology, the Ministry of Agriculture, China (200703)the Foundation of Oil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
文摘Sesame (Sesamue indicum L.) is one of the most important oilseed crops with high oil yield. Here, we described a simple and efficient method for constructing a normalized cDNA library from a high oil content cultivar of sesame Zhongzhi 14, during its oil accumulation stages. It combined switching mechanism at 5?end of RNA transcript (SMART) technique and duplex-specific nuclease (DSN) normalization methods. Double-stranded cDNAs were synthesized from mRNAs, processed by normalization and Sfi I restriction endonuclease, and finally the cDNAs were ligated to pDNR-LIB vector. The ligation mixture was transformed into Escherichia coli DH10B by electroporation. The capacity of the library was 1.0?06 clones in this library. Gel electrophoresis results indicated the fragments ranged from 700 to 2 000 bp, with the average size of 1 800 bp. Random picking clones showed that the recombination rate was 100%. The results showed that the cDNA library constructed successfully was a full-length library with high quality, and could be used to screen the genes related to development of oil synthesis.
基金This project was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (39970627)
文摘Female inflorescence of Betula platyphylla was sampled at an interval of eachtwo days to analyze the background of gene expression in floral phase. On the basis of SMARTstrategy, the driver cDNA was obtained from total RNA of the last sample and the tester cDNA wasfrom that of the others by RT-PCR which were subsequently used to construct a subtracted cDNAlibrary. The result of the ESTs (expression sequence tags) blastX showed that the genes in thesubtracted cDNA library could be mainly clustered into 5 groups related to metabolism,transportation and signal transduction, cell cycle, stress response, and regulation. Therelationship between gene expression and development was also discussed.
文摘The cDNA library of an ovary from Small Tail Han sheep before estrus was constructed by switching mechanism at 5' end of RNA transcript (SMART) approach. This library had a plaque titer of 1 x 109 pfu mL-1 and a 96% recombinant ratio of which the fragment length of inserted average cDNA sequences was 1.0 kb. Based on bioinformatics analysis of the sequences, we obtained 338 expressed sequence tags (ESTs) from 380 cDNA clones which indicated 191 contigs. These contigs consist of 89 unmatched ESTs, 9 homologous known genes in sheep, and 93 homologous sequences in species of mouse, bovine, and human beings, including 19 sequences expressed in the ovary or follicle and 14 unknown sequences. Several candidate genes associated with sheep reproduction trait such as epidermal growth factor (EGF), estrogen receptor (ESR), Inhibin, follicle stimulating hormone receptor (FSHR), prostaglandin (PG), and transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) were identified and the homologous were cloned from this library, which will contribute to compile expression profiles and find the major genes of prolificacy of Small Tail Han sheep.
文摘A mature appressorium cDNA library of rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe grisea, was constructed in a λTriplEx2 vector by SMART?cDNA library containing 2.37×106 independent clones about 100% of which harbor foreign cDNA inserts with average size of 660 bp. Of 9 randomly selected clones, 2 expressed sequence tags (ESTs) sequences did not have homologous EST sequences of M grisea in GenBank. The appressorium cDNA library is suitable for gene expression analysis and function analysis of the late stages of appressorium formation and the early stages of penetration of M grisea.
基金funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(30571280, 30771493)the Transcentury Talent-Training Program of Ministry of Education of China and the National 863 Project of China(2007AA10Z182)
文摘Uncinula necator is a worldwide serious fungus disease causing annual heavy lost on grapevine production. In order to get more informations on defense related EST sequences and help breeding program, we constructed and characterized a suppression subtractive hybridization cDNA library with artificially inoculated leaves and control Chinese wild Vitis pseudoreticulata clone Baihe-35-1, which is highly resistant to powdery mildew. In the library, the length of 58 EST fragments known as putative functions varied from 130 to 800 bp, and 60% of the ESTs exhibited high similarity to known sequences in database of GenBank with BLASTX analysis. These genes were involved in stress/defense response, detoxification, signal transduction, disease defense, and etc., and 14 ESTs remained unknown or hypothetical proteins, which may be new genes. The experiment provided an important basis for studying the disease-resistance mechanism and obtaining the genes for the aim of improving grapevine powdery mildew resistance.
基金National Natural Science Fund!(39392900 ) 863 High-tech Project Fund of China!(102-10-03-02 )
文摘The present study reports an improved PCR-based technique that allows quick and effective screening of cDNA libraries. First, the cDNA library was arrayed as follow: about 3 X 10’ cDNA clones were multiplied as individual plaques on solid medium in 24-well culture dishes at 1 200 plaque forming units per well. The phage suspension of each well was transferred to an individual microcentrifuge tube in 72-tube box. Then, box pool, row pools and column pools were set up that respectively represent a 72-tube box, rows and columns within the box. To screen a specific target cDNA,primers specific for novel ESTs ob- tained in our laboratory were employed to conduct PCR in a hierarchy mode. PCR began with the box pools, resulting in the identification of some Positive box pools. Then PCR went down to the row and col- umn pools of the positive box. The intersection of the positive row (s) and column (s) revealed the candi- date positive tubes. The specificity of PCR products were meanwhile checked by restriction enzyme diges- tion. Finally, hybridization was carried out to get single specific cDNA clomes from the positive tubes. This PCR-based technique features high specificity, high efficiency and less-cost in large-scale cDNA library screening. Our initial implementation of the technique resulted in the isolation of three longer different cD- NA clones from a human fetal brain cDNA library. Thus this improved technique can serve as an alterna-tive to the time-consuming and laborious conventional hybridization-based method for screening cDNA li-brary.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(2007CB116201)
文摘Porcine skeletal muscle genes play a major role in determining muscle growth and meat quality. Construction of a full-length cDNA library is an effective way to understand the expression of functional genes in muscle tissues. In addition, novel genes for further research could be identified in the library. In this study, we constructed a full-length cDNA library from porcine muscle tissue. The estimated average size of the cDNA inserts was 1 076 bp, and the cDNA fullness ratio was 86.2%. A total of 1 058 unique sequences with 342 contigs (32.3%) and 716 singleton (67.7%) expressed sequence tags (EST) were obtained by clustering and assembling. Meanwhile, 826 (78.1%) ESTs were categorized as known genes, and 232 (21.9%) ESTs were categorized as unknown genes. 65 novel porcine genes that exhibit no identity in the TIGR gene index of Sus scrofa and 124 full-length sequences with unknown functions were deposited in the dbEST division of GenBank (accession numbers: EU650784-EU650788, GE843306, GH228978-GH229100). The abundantly expressed genes in porcine muscle tissue were related to muscle fiber development, energy metabolism and protein synthesis. Gene ontology analysis showed that sequences expressed in porcine muscle tissue contained a high percentage of binding activity, catalytic activity, structural molecule activity and motor activity, which involved mainly in metabolic, cellular and developmental process, distributed mainly in intracellular region. The sequence data generated in this study would provide valuable information for identifying porcine genes expressed in muscle tissue and help to advance the study on the structure and function of genes in pigs.
基金Supported by the Science Fund for Social Development Program(Modern Chinese Medicine) of Jilin Province(No20011109) Analysis and Testing Foundation of Northeast Normal University
文摘The root of Panax ginseng plant undergoes a specific developmental process to become a biosynthesis and accumulation tissue for ginsenosides. To identify and analyze genes involved in the biosynthesis of ginsenoside, we constructed and characterized a full-length cDNA library for 6-year-old North American ginseng. The titer of primary cDNA library is 1.2 × 10^6 pfu/mL, the titer of amplified library is 2. 6 × 10^10 pfu/mL and the rate of recombinant is above 86%. The insert size ranges from 0. 3 to 2.0 kb. Sequencing results show that 18 of 58 genes are high homologous to the genes (GBRS, GBR3 and GBR1 ) known in GenBank, which are involved in biosynthesis of ginsenoside in North American ginseng plant; 16 of 58 genes are novel genes. The full-length cDNA library of North American ginseng root tissues is essential for the cloning of genes known and it is also an initial key for the screening and cloning of new genes.