Patent Application: US-62191496-A

Abstract:
this invention relates to a method for classifying cdna which has been reverse - transcribed from tissue - or cell - derived rna , or dna in a short period without duplication by using class - iis restriction enzymes or a combination of a class - iis and a class - ii restriction enzymes . according to this invention , it is possible to analyse and diagnose variations such as tumors easily , correctly and promptly by comparing the analyzed pattern of genes expressed in a cell or tissue sample with the analyzed pattern of normal genes . this method is also applicable to the search and isolation of genes of physiologically active substances that are potential pharmaceuticals or causative genes of hereditary diseases , as well as the isolation of those genes that are useful for improving agricultural products .

Description:
i ! hereinbelow , the steps , action and effects of method i will be described with reference to fig1 . ( 1 ) first , the total rna of a cell or a tissue is converted to cdna with a reverse - transcriptase and the resultant cdna is digested with a first class - iis restriction enzyme . ( 2 ) one from a pool of 64 biotinylated adaptors described below is ligated to the resultant cdna fragments with e . coli dna ligase . each adaptor has a 4 - nt 5 &# 39 ; end overhang wherein the outermost base is a mixture of a , c , g and t and the inner three bases are one of all possible sequences . ( these adaptors must not be phosphorylated at their 5 &# 39 ; ends which form protruding cohesive ends .) at this point , the restriction fragments are classified into 64 sub - groups . ( 3 ) subsequently , the cdna fragments are further digested with a second and a third class - iis restriction enzymes which are different from the first class - iis restriction enzyme used in ( 1 ) above to thereby obtain a first cdna sample . a second cdna sample is obtained by repeating the above steps ( 1 ) to ( 3 ) wherein the second class - iis restriction enzyme is used for the initial digestion and the first and the third class - iis restriction enzymes are used for the subsequent digestion , and also a third cdna sample is obtained by repeating the above steps ( 1 ) to ( 3 ) wherein the third class - iis restriction enzyme is used for the initial digestion and the first and the second class - iis restriction enzymes are used for the subsequent digestion . ( 4 ) as a result of digestion with the 3 class - iis restriction enzymes described above , there are produced fragments which have lost poly a see fig1 ( 2 )! and fragments which still have poly a see fig1 ( ii )!. of these fragments , the former ones which have lost poly a will no longer be amplified in the subsequent amplification step and only the latter ones with poly a will be amplified . accordingly , the latter fragments are further classified into 64 × 3 = 192 sub - groups at this point depending on the cleavage site nearest the poly a side ( i . e ., depending on the cleavage site of which of the three restriction enzymes used ). ( 5 ) subsequently , the ligation sample is recovered with streptavidin - coated paramagnetic beads and the cdna fragments are treated with a dilute alkaline solution . by these operations , the oligonucleotide complementary to an adaptor - primer to be used in ( 6 ) is removed ( the oligonucleotide will become an inhibitor against pcr reaction ). ( 6 ) the resultant cdna sample is amplified by pcr by using a combination of an adaptor - primer and one of d ( t ) 25 a ( seq id no : 1 ), d ( t ) 25 c ( seq id no : 2 ) and d ( t ) 25 ( seq id no : 3 ) g which are anchored oligo - dt primers . depending on the base ( t , c or g ) adjacent to the poly ( a ) tail , fragments amplified by the above three oligo - dt primers are determined . at this point , the cdna fragments are further classified into 192 × 3 = 576 groups . ( 7 ) the amplified products are separated by denaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and the sizes of the fragments obtained are automatically recorded by a sequencer . the above - described procedures are repeated with 64 adaptors , 3 class - iis restriction enzymes and 3 anchored oligo - dt primers . therefore , an rna population is classified into 576 groups . with respect to class - iis restriction enzymes , it is estimated that 97 % of genes have at least one cleavage site of fok i , bsm ai or bsm fi . accordingly , by using these 3 restriction enzymes in the method of the invention , it is theoretically possible to recover and present without redundancy almost all of one total rna population . in addition , the above method ( method i ) of the invention may be similarly carried out in a modified method which is different from the above only in the following points . in step ( 2 ) above , one from a pool of 256 biotinylated adaptors is used . each adaptor of the pool has a four - nucleotide 5 &# 39 ; end overhang wherein the sequence is one of all possible sequences . the second digestion with class - iis restriction enzymes described in ( 3 ) above is not carried out . in this modified method , an rna population is classified into 768 groups since 256 adaptors and 3 anchored oligo - dt primers are used . further , in method i , a mixture of the following oligonucleotides may be used as primers when converting the total rna from a cell or tissue into cdna with a reverse transcriptase : ## str1 ## when such primers are used , there can be obtained cdna molecules which have t , g or c adjacent to poly ( a ) on the 5 &# 39 ; side and a 6 - base sequence added to the outside ( 3 &# 39 ; side ) of poly a ) ( see fig2 ). in this case , amplification is carried out by using any one of 5 &# 39 ; oh - ggatcct 16 a - 3 &# 39 ; instead of the above anchored oligo - dt primer d ( t ) 25 a !, 5 &# 39 ; oh - cagctgt 16 c - 3 &# 39 ; instead of the above d ( t ) 25 c ! and 5 &# 39 ; oh - ctcgagt 16 g - 3 &# 39 ; instead of the above d ( t ) 25 g !. according to these procedures , analysis can be more correct because , in addition to the specificity to cdna of only one base of the 3 &# 39 ; end of primers , specificity to cdna by the 6 - base sequence of the 5 &# 39 ; end of primers is utilized . the target rna for method i of the invention is isolated and purified from , for example , body tissues such as hematopoietic tissues including bone marrow , peripheral blood , lymphocytes , etc . or cells in a body fluid by conventional methods such as the guanidine thiocyanate method and the phenol - chloroform extraction method and then incubated with a reverse transcriptase and deoxyribonucleotide triphosphates for reverse - transcription into cdna . with respect to the class - iis restriction enzymes used in method i of the invention , there is no particular limitation as long as the restriction enzyme forms a 5 &# 39 ;- protruding cohesive end consisting of 4 bases . specific examples include commercially available fok i ( takara shuzo ) and bsm ai and bsm fi ( both manufactured by neb ). these three restriction enzymes may be used in combination for the initial digestion ( with one enzyme ) and the subsequent digestion ( with two enzymes ). in the modified method , one of these three enzymes may be used . in method i of the invention , the biotinylated adaptor means the adaptor consisting of i ) an oligonucleotide of 24 - 27 nucleotides which forms a 4 - nt 5 &# 39 ; protruding cohesive end wherein the outermost base is a mixture of a , c , g and t , and inter three bases are one of all possible sequences , and ii ) an oligonucleotide which is complementary to the oligonucleotide i ), shorter by 4 bases and biotinylated at the 5 &# 39 ; end . thus , there are 64 kinds of the biotinylated adaptors . in the modified method , the biotinylated adaptor means the adaptor consisting of i ) an oligonucleotide of 24 - 27 nucleotides which forms a 4 - nt 5 &# 39 ; protruding cohesive end wherein the sequence is one of all possible sequences , and ii ) an oligonucleotide which is complementary to the oligonucleotide i ), shorter by 4 bases and biotinylated at the 5 &# 39 ; end . thus , there are 256 kinds of the biotinylated adaptors . in order to allow e . coli dna ligase to recognize the 3 bases of a cdna fragment adjacent to the binding site , phosphorylation of the 5 &# 39 ; ends of the above adaptors which form cohesive ends is not carried out . in method i of the invention , one of the two primers used for pcr is an oligonucleotide having a common sequence with the oligonucleotide constituting the adaptor described above which is subjected to ligation to cdna at 3 &# 39 ; end (= adaptor - primer ). as a marker which labels this adaptor - primer , those which are used in conventional analysis may be used . specific examples include fluorescent dyes , radioactive materials and enzymes . in method i of the invention , another primer used for pcr is one of three oligo - dt primers , of which 3 &# 39 ; end base is a , c or g . these primers may be synthesized by a commercial nucleic acid synthesizer . ii ! hereinbelow , the steps , action and effects of method ii will be described with reference to fig3 . ( 1 ) first , dna or cdna of a cell or tissue is digested with a class - ii restriction enzyme ( ecori is used in fig3 ). ( 2 ) an adaptor which is cohesive to ends generated by the class - ii enzyme is ligated to each of the dna or cdna fragments with t4 dna ligase ( the adaptor must be phosphorylated at the 5 &# 39 ; end which form cohesive ends ). ( 3 ) the resultant dna or cdna sample is further digested with a class - iis restriction enzyme ( bsm ai is used in fig3 ). ( 4 ) one from a pool of 64 biotinylated adaptors described below is ligated to each of the resultant cdna or dna fragments with e . coli dna ligase . each adaptor has a 4 - nt 5 &# 39 ; end overhang wherein the outermost base is a mixture of a , c , g and t , and the inner three bases are one of all possible sequences . ( these adaptors must not be phosphorylated at their 5 &# 39 ; ends which form cohesive ends .) at this point , the restriction fragments are classified into 64 groups . ( 5 ) subsequently , the ligation sample is recovered with streptavidin - coated paramagnetic beads and the dna or cdna fragments are treated with a dilute alkaline solution . by these operations , those oligonucleotides complementary to adaptor - primers which will become inhibitors against pcr reaction are removed . ( 6 ) amplification by pcr is carried out using two adaptor - primers . the one derived from the adaptor for ends generated by the class - ii enzyme is referred to as &# 34 ; adaptor - primer 1 &# 34 ; and the other derived from the biotinylated adaptors is referred to as &# 34 ; adaptor - primer 2 &# 34 ;. details will be described afterwards . ( 7 ) the amplified products are separated by denaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and the sizes of the fragments obtained are automatically recorded by a sequencer . by using a class - ii restriction enzyme , a class - iis restriction enzyme and 64 biotinylated adaptors in the operations described above , the dna or cdna fragments generated by the class - ii and class - iis restriction enzymes used can be separated and displayed . when cdna which has been reverse - transcribed from rna is used as a target of analysis of method ii , a cdna sample is prepared as follows . rna is isolated and purified from , for example , body tissues such as hematopoietic tissues including bone marrow , peripheral blood , lymphocytes , etc . or cells in a body fluid by conventional methods such as the guanidine thiocyanate method and the phenol - chloroform extraction method and then incubated with a reverse transcriptase and deoxyribonucleotide triphosphates for reverse - transcription into cdna . it is also possible to use dna as a target of analysis of method ii . in this case , a dna sample is prepared as follows . dna isolated from , for example , body tissues such as hematopoietic tissues including bone marrow , peripheral blood , lymphocytes , etc . or a cell suspension in a body fluid is crushed with polytron or the like and incubated with proteinase k to thereby degrade proteins . then , the reaction solution is subjected to phenol extraction and 2 volumes of ethanol is added to the aqueous layer for precipitation . the precipitate is treated with ribonuclease ( rnase ) not containing deoxyribonuclease ( dnase ) to thereby remove rna . with respect to the class - ii restriction enzyme used in method ii of the invention , there is no particular limitation as long as the enzyme recognizes a specific base sequence , cut the site specifically and generate cohesive ends . specific examples include ecori , bamhi , hindiii , bclii , bglii , sali , xhoi , acci , avai , sau3a , taqi , noti ( which form 5 &# 39 ;- protruding cohesive ends ), and psti , saci , kpni , haeii ( which form 3 &# 39 ;- protruding ends ). in particular , for the analysis of genomic dna , restriction enzymes which recognize a 8 - base sequence ( e . g ., noti ) are preferably used . with respect to the class - iis restriction enzyme used in method ii of the invention , there is no particular limitation as long as the enzyme generates 4 - base 5 &# 39 ;- protruding cohesive ends . specific examples include commercially available fok i ( takara shuzo ) and bsm ai , bsm fi , sfani and bbvi ( all manufactured by neb ). it is also possible to use 2 or 3 class - iis restriction enzymes in combination to increase the number of groups as described in method i . in method ii of the invention , the adaptor consists of i ) an oligonucleotide of 20 - 30 nucleotides forming a 5 &# 39 ;- ( or 3 &# 39 ;-) overhang which is cohesive to ends of restriction fragments , and ii ) an oligonucleotide which is complementary to the above oligonucleotide i ) and shorter by the number of bases forming the overhang . the adaptor must be phosphorylated at its 5 &# 39 ; end ( which form a cohesive end ) so that an adaptor oligonucleotide is bound to the dna strand which is recovered with streptavidin - coated beads . in method ii of the invention , the biotinylated adaptor means the adaptor consisting of i ) an oligonucleotide of 24 - 27 nucleotides which forms a 4 - nt 5 &# 39 ; protruding cohesive end wherein the outermost base is a mixture of a , c , g and t and inner three bases are one of all possible sequences , and ii ) an oligonucleotide which is complementary to the oligonucleotide i ), shorter by 4 bases and biotinylated at the 5 &# 39 ; end . thus , there are 64 kinds of the biotinylated adaptors . in order to allow e . coli dna ligase to recognize the 3 bases of a cdna fragment adjacent to the binding site , phosphorylation of the 5 &# 39 ; end of the above biotinylated adaptor which form a cohesive end is not carried out . in method ii , one of the primers used in pcr is an oligonucleotide having a common sequence with the oligonucleotide constituting the adaptor described above which is subjected to ligation to cdna or dna fragments at its 3 &# 39 ; end ( adaptor - primer 1 ) in method ii of the invention , another primer used for pcr is an oligonucleotide having a common sequence with the oligonucleotide constituting the biotinylated adaptor described above which is subjected to ligation to cdna or dna fragments at its 3 &# 39 ; end ( adaptor - primer 2 ). as a marker which labels this adaptor - primer , those which are used in conventional analysis may be used . specific examples include fluorescent dyes , radioactive materials and enzymes . these primers may be synthesized by using a commercial nucleic acid synthesizer . potential target diseases which may be analyzed or diagnosed by method i or method ii of the invention include malignant tumors such as brain tumor , stomach cancer , large intestine cancer , breast cancer , uterus cancer , skin cancer , prostate cancer and malignant melanoma ; virus infections such as herpes group infections , chronic hepatitis , cytomegalovirus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome ; and multifactorial hereditary diseases such as diabetes and hypertension . the present invention will be described in more detail below with reference to the following reference example and examples , which are provided for the purpose of explanation and should not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention . mouse livers lyophilized in dry ice or liquid nitrogen were crushed with a homogenizer . to the crushed material , 5 volumes of a gucns solution was added at room temperature and agitated with a vortex mixer . to a 10 ml polyallomer tube , 3 . 5 ml of 5 . 7m cscl / 0 . 1m edta solution was added and 6 ml of the resultant sample was layered over and then centrifuged overnight at 15 ° c . at 32000 rpm using beckman l70 centrifuge . the tube was removed from the rotor and all of the supernatant was discarded . the tube wall was wiped and dried . thereafter , the precipitate was dissolved in 300 μl of te buffer . to the aqueous layer , 1 / 10 volume of 3m potassium acetate ( ph 5 . 0 ) was added , mixed gently and placed in ice . then , 2 . 5 volumes of ice - cooled ethanol was added to the above mixture and mixed gently . the resultant mixture was left at - 8020 c . for several hours and centrifuged at 4 ° c . for 5 minutes to precipitate rna . the ethanol was discarded . the rna precipitate was washed with ice - cooled 70 % ethanol and re - centrifuged to precipitate rna . after the ethanol was discarded , the rna precipitate was dried . the above precipitate was dissolved in about 100 μl of sterile distilled water per 1 g of the tissue cells to obtain an rna solution ( rna concentration = approx . 5 μg / μl ). first , the resultant rna and oligo - dt primers only were heated at 70 ° c . for 2 - 3 minutes . then , other reagents were added thereto and kept at 37 ° c . for 1 hour to synthesize cdna molecules . ______________________________________ * composition of the reaction solution______________________________________5x reverse transcriptase buffer ( gibco - brl ) 4 μl2mm dntp ( pharmacia ) 4 μl0 . 1m dtt 2 μl10 pmol / μl 5 &# 39 ;- amino ( dt ). sub . 18 ( seq id no : 16 ) 1 μltotal rna ( 3 μg ) and distilled water 7 . 5 μlrnase inhibitor . sup . * 1 ) ( 40 u / μl ) ( toyobo ) 0 . 5 μl200 u / μl m - mlv reverse transcriptase . sup . * 2 ) ( gibco - brl ) 1 μl______________________________________ . sup . * 1 ) derived from human placentas . sup . * 2 ) molony murine leukemia virus the reaction solution described below was added to the single - stranded cdna reaction solution and kept at 16 ° c . for 2 hours to thereby prepare double - stranded cdna molecules . after the completion of the reaction , 3 μl of 0 . 2m edta ( ph 7 . 5 ) and 2 μl of 5m nacl were added thereto . then , phenol extraction and ethanol precipitation were conducted and the precipitate was dissolved in 240 μl of distilled water . ______________________________________ * composition of the reaction solution______________________________________10 mm mgcl . sub . 2 70 μl1m tris - cl ( ph 7 . 5 ) 10 μl1m ( nh . sub . 4 ). sub . 2 so . sub . 4 1 . 5 μlrnase h ( toyobo ) ( 1 u / μl ) 1 . 5 μle . coli dna polymerase i ( toyobo ) ( 10 u / μl ) 4 . 5 μl______________________________________ the cdna prepared in reference example described above was digested with a restriction enzyme by keeping the cdna in any one of the following reaction solutions ( a ) to ( c ) at a specified temperature under specified conditions . ______________________________________ * composition of the reaction solution ( a ) ( usinq fok i ) ______________________________________10 × m buffer 10 μl0 . 1 % bsa ( takara shuzo ) 10 μlcdna sample 80 μlfok i ( takara shuzo ) ( 10 u / μ1 ) 0 . 5 μlkept at 37 ° c . for 50 minutes to 1 hour . * composition of the reaction solution ( b ) ( usinq bsm ai ) ______________________________________10 × buffer for bsm ai ( neb ) 10 μl0 . 1 % bsa 10 μlcdna sample 80 μlbsm ai ( neb ) ( 5 u / μl ) 1 μlkept at 55 ° c . for 50 minutes to 1 hour . * composition of the reaction solution ( c ) ( usinq bsm fi ) ______________________________________10 × h buffer 10 μldistilled water 10 μlcdna sample 80 μlbsm fi ( neb ) ( 5 u / μl ) 1 μlkept at 65 ° c . for 50 minutes to 1 hour . ______________________________________ after the completion of each of the reactions ( i ), ( ii ) and ( iii ) above , 3 μl of 0 . 25m edta ( ph 7 . 5 ) and 2 μl of 5m nacl were added to each reaction solution . then , phenol extraction and ethanol precipitation were conducted and each precipitate was dissolved in 70 μl of distilled water . to the cdna fragments obtained in ( 1 ) above , one of the following adaptors having the sequences described below : ## str2 ## ( wherein b represents biotin ; n represents any of the four bases ; and xyz represents one of the 64 possible sequences . when yz = aa , at , ta or tt c1g adaptor were used . otherwise , c1t adaptors were used .) were added and kept in the following reaction solution at 16 ° c . overnight , to thereby ligate the cdna fragments to the adaptors . ______________________________________ * composition of the reaction solution______________________________________10 × e . coli dna ligase buffer 1 μl100 mm ( nh . sub . 4 ). sub . 2 so . sub . 4 1 μl1 pmol / μl adaptor solution 1 μlcdna sample diqested with a class - iisrestriction enzyme 1 μle . coli dna ligase 3 unitsdistilled water to make 10 μl______________________________________ ( when the sequence xyz did not contain g nor c , 5 pmol / μl adaptor solution and 30 units of e . coli dna ligase were used .) the cdna fragments obtained in ( 2 ) above were further digested with class - iis restriction enzymes by keeping the cdna sample at a specified temperature under the conditions specified below : 40 μl of distilled water and 5 μl of 10 × h buffer were added . bsm fi ( 1 unit ) was added and kept at 65 ° c . for 50 minutes . bsm ai ( 1 unit ) was added and kept at 55 ° c . for 50 minutes . 40 μl of distilled water and 5 μl of 10 × t buffer were added . fok i ( 1 unit ) was added and kept at 37 ° c . for 50 minutes . bsm fi ( 1 unit ) was added and kept at 65 ° c . for 50 minutes . 40 μl of distilled water and 5 μl of 10 × m buffer were added . fok i ( 1 unit ) was added and kept at 37 ° c . for 50 minutes . bsm ai ( 1 unit ) and 1 μl of 4m nacl were added and kept at 55 ° c . for 50 minutes . immediately before use , streptavidin - coated paramagnetic beads were washed twice with 0 . 1 % bsa and once with 1 × b & amp ; w buffer ( 10 mm tris - cl ph 7 . 5 , 1m nacl , 1 mm edta ) and then suspended in an equal volume of 1 × b & amp ; w buffer . to each sample , 15 μl of 5m nacl and 5 μl of the paramagnetic beads were added , left stationary for 15 minutes and washed with 1 × b & amp ; w buffer once . then , 10 μl of 0 . 1m naoh was added thereto and left stationary for 5 minutes . thereafter , the resultant mixture was washed with 50 μl of 0 . 1m naoh once , with 1 × b & amp ; w buffer once and with distilled water twice . the reaction solutions having the compositions described below were placed in an eppendorf tube and heated at 96 ° c . for 1 minute to allow a prompt initiation of reactions . then , a thermal cycle consisting of 30 seconds at 94 ° c . , 1 minute at 50 ° c . and 1 minute at 72 ° c . was repeated 25 to 35 times . after an extension step was carried out at 72 ° c . for 20 minutes , the reaction solution was cooled to room temperature . ______________________________________ * compositions of the reaction solutions ( per one sample ) ______________________________________ ( i ) enzyme reaction solution10 × pcr buffer for stoffel fragment 1 μl2 mm dntp 1 μl25 mm mgcl . sub . 2 1 . 2 μldistilled water 4 . 3 μl10 u / μl stoffel fragment . sup . * 1 ) 0 . 05 μl ( ii ) primer reaction solution10 pmol / μl fluorescent - c1t 0 . 5 μl10 pmol / μl d ( t ). sub . 2 5 a or d ( t ). sub . 2 5 c , d ( t ). sub . 2 5 2 ! μl______________________________________ . sup . * 1 ) a portion of amplitaq dna polymerase fragment ( perkin elmer ) the primers are used in the combinations of joe - c1t and d ( t ) 25 a ; fam - c1t and d ( t ) 25 c ; and tamra - c1t and d ( t ) 25 g . joe : 2 &# 39 ;, 7 &# 39 ;- dimethoxy - 4 &# 39 ;, 5 &# 39 ;- dichloro - 6 - carboxyfluorescein , fam : 5 &# 39 ;- carboxyfluorescein , tamra : 6 - carboxy - tetramethyl rhodamine ( all manufactured by perkin elmer ; the sequence of c1t : d ( gtacatattgtcgttagaacgct )( seq id no : 11 )!. alternatively , when c1g adaptors were used , the composition of the primer reaction solution is : ______________________________________10 pmol / μl fluorescent - c1g 0 . 5 μl10 pmol / μl d ( t ). sub . 25 a or d ( t ). sub . 25 c , d ( t ). sub . 25 2 ! μl______________________________________ the primers are used in the combinations of joe - c1g and d ( t ) 25 a ; fam - c1g and d ( t ) 25 c ; and tamra - c1g and d ( t ) 25 g . joe : 2 &# 39 ;, 7 &# 39 ;- dimethoxy - 4 &# 39 ;, 5 &# 39 ;- dichloro - 6 - carboxyfluorescein , fam : 5 &# 39 ;- carboxyfluorescein , tamra : 6 - carboxy - tetramethyl rhodamine ( all manufactured by perkin elmer ; the sequence of c1g : d ( gtacatattgtcgttagaacgcg )( seq id no : 12 )!. from each of the reaction products , a sample was taken as follows : 1 μl from the combination of fam - c1 and d ( t ) 25 c , 3 μl from the combination of joe - c1 and d ( t ) 25 a and 3 μl from the combination of tamra - c1 and d ( t ) 25 g . to each sample , 5 μl of t4 dpase solution having the following composition was added and reacted at 37 ° c . for 40 minutes . ______________________________________composition of t4 dpase solution ( per one sample ) ______________________________________10 × m buffer 0 . 5 μl2 mm dntp 0 . 5 μldistilled water 4 μlt4 dna polymerase ( toyobo ) 1 unit______________________________________ after ethanol precipitation of the reaction solution , 3 . 5 μl of a buffer ( 80 % formaldehyde , 10 mm edta , 6 mg / ml blue dextran ) was added to the sample ( i . e ., precipitate ), heated at 95 ° c . for 4 minutes , then immediately applied to the sample well of abi 373a electrophoresis apparatus ( perkin elmer ) and run ( at a constant electric power of 30w for 13 hours ). the cdna prepared in reference example described above was digested with a restriction enzyme by keeping the cdna in the following reaction solution at a specified temperature under specified conditions . ______________________________________ * composition of the reaction solution ( usinq ecori ) ______________________________________10 × hiqh salt buffer ( attached to the enzyme ) 5 μlcdna sample 45 μlecori ( toyobo or takara shuzo ) 5 units______________________________________kept at 37 ° c . for 1 hour . ______________________________________ after the completion of the reaction , phenol extraction and ethanol precipitation were carried out and the total precipitate was used for the subsequent reaction . to the cdna fragments obtained in ( 1 ) above , the following adaptors ## str3 ## were ligated by keeping the cdna sample in the following reaction solution at 16 ° c . for 16 hours or more . ______________________________________ * composition of the reaction solution______________________________________10 × ligation buffer ( similar to toyobo &# 39 ; s ) 2 μl2 . 5 pmol / μl ecori adaptors 2 μlt4 dna ligase 150 unitstotal volume 20 μl______________________________________ after the completion of the reaction , phenol extraction and ethanol precipitation were carried out and the total precipitate was used for the subsequent reaction . the cdna treated in ( 2 ) above was further digested with a restriction enzyme by keeping the cdna sample in the following reaction solution at a specified temperature under specified conditions . ______________________________________ * composition of the reaction solution ( using bsm ai ) ______________________________________10 × buffer for bsin ai ( neb ) 10 μl0 . 1 % bsa 10 μlcdna sample 80 μlbsm ai ( neb ) ( 5u / μl ) 0 . 5 μl______________________________________ after the completion of the reaction , phenol extraction and ethanol precipitation were carried out and the precipitate was dissolved in 30 μl of purified water . to the cdna fragments obtained in ( 3 ) above , the following adaptors : ## str4 ## ( wherein b represents biotin ; n represents any of the four bases ; and xyz represents one of the 64 possible sequences . when yz = at or ta , c1g sequences were used . otherwise , c1t sequences were used .) were ligated by keeping the cdna sample in the following reaction solution at 16 ° c . overnight . ______________________________________ * composition of the reaction solution______________________________________10 × e . coli dna ligase buffer 1 μl100 mm ( nh . sub . 4 ). sub . 2 so . sub . 4 1 μl1 pmol / μl adaptor solution 1 μlcdna fragments diqested with 1 μla class - iis restriction enzymee . coli dna ligase 3 unitsdistilled water to make 10 μl______________________________________ ( when the sequence xyz did not contain g nor c , 5 pmol / μl adaptor solution and 6 units of e . coli dna ligase were used .) immediately before use , streptavidin - coated paramagnetic beads were washed twice with 0 . 1 % bsa and once with 1 × b & amp ; w buffer ( 10 mm tris - cl ph 7 . 5 , 1m nacl , 1 mm edta ) and then suspended in an equal volume of 1 × b & amp ; w buffer . to the sample , 15 μl of 5m nacl and 5 μl of the paramagnetic beads were added , left stationary for 15 minutes and washed with 1 × b & amp ; w buffer once . then , 10 μl of 0 . 1m naoh was added thereto and left stationary for 5 minutes . thereafter , the resultant mixture was washed with 50 μl of 0 . 1m naoh once , with 1 × b & amp ; w buffer once and with distilled water twice . the reaction solutions having the compositions described below were placed in an eppendorf tube and heated at 96 ° c . for 1 minute to allow a prompt initiation of reactions . then , a thermal cycle consisting of 30 seconds at 94 ° c ., 1 minute at 50 ° c . and 1 minute at 72 ° c . was repeated 25 to 35 times . after an extension step was carried out at 72 ° c . for 20 minutes , the reaction solution was cooled to room temperature . ______________________________________ * compositions of the reaction solutions ( per one sample ) ______________________________________ ( i ) enzyme reaction solution10 × pcr buffer for stoffel fragment 1 μl2 mm dntp 1 μl25 mm mgcl . sub . 2 1 . 2 μldistilled water 4 . 3 μl10 u / μl stoffel fragment . sup . * 1 ) 0 . 05 μl ( ii ) primer reaction solution10 pmol / μl fluorescent - c1s primer 0 . 5 μl10 pmol / μl λ gt10 forward primer 0 . 5 μl______________________________________ . sup . * 1 ) a portion of amplitaq dna polymerase fragment ( perkin elmer ) the two kinds of primers having the following sequences are used in combination : ## str5 ## a 3 μl sample was taken from the reaction products and 5 μl of t4 dpase solution having the following composition was added thereto . the resultant mixture was reacted at 37 ° c . for 40 minutes . ______________________________________ * composition of t4 dpase solution ( per one sample ) ______________________________________10 × m buffer 0 . 5 μl2 mm dntp 0 . 5 μldistilled water 4 μlt4 dna polymerase ( toyobo ) 1 unit______________________________________ after ethanol precipitation of the reaction solution , 3 . 5 μl of a buffer ( 80 % formaldehyde , 10 mm edta , 6 mg / ml blue dextran ) was added to the sample ( i . e ., precipitate ), heated at 95 ° c . for 4 minutes , then immediately applied to the sample well of abi 373a electrophoresis apparatus ( perkin elmer ) and run ( at a constant electric power of 30w for 13 hours ). __________________________________________________________________________sequence listing ( 1 ) general information :( iii ) number of sequences : 16 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 1 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 26 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : unknown ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : other nucleic acid ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 1 : ttttttttttttttttttttttttta26 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 2 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 26 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : unknown ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : other nucleic acid ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 2 : tttttttttttttttttttttttttc26 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 3 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 26 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : unknown ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : other nucleic acid ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 3 : tttttttttttttttttttttttttg26 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 4 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 23 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : unknown ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : other nucleic acid ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 4 : ggatcctttttttttttttttta23 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 5 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 23 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : unknown ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : other nucleic acid ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 5 : cagctgttttttttttttttttc23 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 6 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 23 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : unknown ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : other nucleic acid ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 6 : ctcgagttttttttttttttttg23 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 7 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 23 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : unknown ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : other nucleic acid ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 7 : gtacatattgtcgttagaacgct23 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 8 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 27 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : unknown ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : other nucleic acid ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 8 : nnnnagcgttctaacgacaatatgtac27 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 9 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 23 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : unknown ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : other nucleic acid ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 9 : gtacatattgtcgttagaacgcg23 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 10 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 27 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : unknown ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : other nucleic acid ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 10 : nnnncgcgttctaacgacaatatgtac27 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 11 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 23 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : unknown ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : other nucleic acid ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 11 : gtacatattgtcgttagaacgct23 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 12 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 23 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : unknown ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : other nucleic acid ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 12 : gtacatattgtcgttagaacgcg23 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 13 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 26 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : unknown ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : other nucleic acid ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 13 : aattcttaaccaggctgaacttgctc26 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 14 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 22 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : unknown ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : other nucleic acid ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 14 : gagcaagttcagcctggttaag22 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 15 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 22 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : unknown ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : other nucleic acid ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 15 : gtacatattgtcgttagaacgc22 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 16 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 18 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : unknown ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : other nucleic acid ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 16 : 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