In vitro rapid synthesis of medium- and high-copy DNA repeats based on blocking polymerase chain reaction
AssigneeTsinghua University
InventorsXuerui Yang, Xin Wang
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Abstract
The invention provides a method for synthesizing a DNA sequence comprising repeat units, including designing and synthesizing an extension primer and a blocking primer based on the repeat unit, performing a PCR amplification reaction by using the repeat unit (as an amplification template), the extension primer, and the blocking primer in a PCR reaction system, to obtain the DNA sequence comprising repeat units. The invention also provides a kit for this method. The method of the invention has the characteristics such as controllable copy number for repeat synthesis, simple synthesis steps, and low cost, and is very suitable for high-throughput production in industry.
Claims9
A kit for synthesizing a DNA sequence comprising repeat units, the kit comprising a PCR reaction system,
- wherein the PCR reaction system comprises a single repeat unit of the repeat units, an extension primer and a blocking primer, wherein
- the extension primer consists of:
- from its 3′ end to its 5′ end, a sequence consisting of n nucleotides, the blocking primer, and the sequence consisting of n nucleotides, wherein n is an integer between 3 and 20;
- the single repeat unit of the repeat units consists of:
- from its 5′ end to its 3′ end, a nucleotide sequence fully complementary to the blocking primer and a nucleotide sequence fully complementary to the sequence consisting of n nucleotides
- wherein, when the 3′ end of the extension primer is connected in tandem to the 5′ end of the blocking primer, a connected product formed by the extension primer and the blocking primer consists of a sequence fully complementary to two of the repeat units;
- wherein the PCR reaction system further comprises polyethylene glycol (PEG), the PEG has a molecular weight between 2,000 Da and 20,000 Da, and the PEG has a concentration from 4 wt % to 20 wt % in the PCR reaction system;
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- wherein the PCR reaction system further comprises NaCl, with a concentration from 20 mM to 60 mM.
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