Ten micrograms of a decanucleotide-pair HpaI restriction fragment were isolated from the double-stranded DNA chromosome of a
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5²-X X X X X X X X X X-3²
3²-X² X² X² X² X² X² X² X² X² X²-5²
terminal transferase, dATP
5²-X X X X X X X X X X A A A A A A A A-3²
3²-A A A A A A A A X² X² X² X² X² X² X² X² X² X²-5²
where X and X² can be any of the four standard nucleotides, but X² is always complementary to X.
The two complementary strands (Watson strand and Crick strand) were then separated and sequenced by the 2²,3²-dideoxyribonucleoside triphosphate chain-termination method. The reactions were primed using a synthetic poly(T) octamer; that is, Watson strand
3²-A A A A A A A A X² X² X² X² X² X² X² X² X² X²-5²
5²-T T T T T T T T-OH
Crick strand
5²-X X X X X X X X X X A A A A A A A A-3²
HO-T T T T T T T T-5²
Two DNA sequencing reactions were carried out.
Reaction 1 contained the Watson strand template/primer shown above; reaction 2 contained the Crick strand template/primer. Both sequencing reactions contained DNA polymerase and all other substrates and components required for DNA synthesis in vitro plus the standard four 2²,3²-dideoxyribonucleoside triphosphate chain-terminatorsddGTP, ddCTP, ddATP, and ddTTPeach labeled with a different fluorescent dye. The dyes fluoresce at different wavelengths, which are recorded by a photocell as the products of the reactions are separated by capillary gel electrophoresis. In the standard sequencing reaction, the chains terminating with ddG fluoresce dark blue (peaks appear black in the computer printouts), those terminating with ddC fluoresce light blue, those terminating with ddA fluoresce green, and those terminating with ddT fluoresce red. The computer printout for sequencing reaction 1, which contained the Watson strand as template, is shown as follows.
Draw the predicted computer printout for reaction 2, which contained the Crick strand as template, in the following box. Remember that all DNA synthesis occurs in the 5² 3² direction and that the sequence of the nascent strand reads 5² to 3² from left to right in the printout.
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Principles of Genetics
ISBN: 978-1119142287
7th edition
Authors: D. Peter Snustad, Michael J. Simmons
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