JOURNAL OF NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY ›› 2003, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (04): 87-90.doi: 10.3969/j.jssn.1000-2006.2003.04.023

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TAIL-PCR:A Simple and Efficient Method to Isolate DNA Segments Adjacent to Known Sequence

LUO Lijuan1,2,SHI Ji   

  • Online:2003-08-18 Published:2003-08-18

Abstract: Isolation of DNA fragment adjacent to a known sequence is a tedious task in genomerelated research.Thermal asymmetric interlaced PCR(TAILPCR) is an efficient technique for isolation of target DNA segments flanking known sequences.It was utilized three nested sequencespecific primers with a shorter arbitrary degenerated(AD) primer respectively.Specific products can be amplified through continuous cycles of amplification at different annealing temperature.The amplified products are suitable for either hybridization probes or sequencing templates.TAILPCR technique is very simple and highly efficient.The specific products can be obtained again in the same PCR mixture and the same PCR condition.All the TAILPCR reaction need only a few time as in one day.It has become a powerful tool in a genomic analysis.This article presents the principle and protocol of TAILPCR.Methods for primers design and products selection are also discussed.

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