Conventional alkaline C-banding was found to be an effective additional step in restriction endonuclease banding to improve staining contrast and to reveal hidden changes in the heterochromatic blocks. Examples of these cases are demonstrated on the bovine chromosome set using Hinf I and Taq I endonucleases in the digestion experiments.

A method is described for cutting DNA at specific sites that are 8 and 10 base pairs long. The DNA is first treated with a specific methylase, either the restriction-modification enzyme M. Taq I, which converts the 4-base sequence T-C-G-A to T-C-G-mA, or the similar enzyme M. Cla I, which converts the 6-base sequence A-T-C-G-A-T to A-T-C-G-mA-T. The DNA is then cleaved with Dpn I, a restriction...

We studied the relationship among dopamine receptor D2 (DRD2) Taq I genetic polymorphism, caudate nucleus volumetry as measured using MRI and neuropsychological functions in 49 memory impaired older people. Compared with DRD2 A1 carriers, subjects homozygous for the DRD2 A2 allele performed poorer in a measure of general cognitive functioning (MMSE) and in long term verbal memory, and presented...

a highly efficient cloning vector was constructed for cloning pcr products by inserting an 80 bp dna fragment into pgem-5zf (+) vector. the xcm i digestion of this vector gave rise to a 3’ overhanging deoxythymidine offering the possibility of cloning pcr products with 3' adenosine overhang created by taq dna polymerase. furthermore, two ecor i sites were added to the construct for identificati...

The human fragile-X syndrome, a major cause of inherited mental retardation, is associated with expansion of the trinucleotide repeat GGC:GCC. Repetitive sequences in DNA are subject to slippage during catalysis by DNA polymerases. We characterized the extent of slippage of synthetic GGC:GCC repeats by various DNA polymerases: Taq DNA polymerase, Klenow fragment of DNA polymerase I, DNA Sequenc...

Insertion of the T3 DNA polymerase thioredoxin binding domain (TBD) into the distantly related thermostable Taq DNA polymerase at an analogous position in the thumb domain, converts the Taq DNA polymerase from a low processive to a highly processive enzyme. Processivity is dependent on the presence of thioredoxin. The enhancement in processivity is 20-50-fold when compared with the wild-type Ta...

Taq DNA polymerases in which the phenylalanine is substituted by a tyrosine at position 667 (Taq F667Y) are members of a new class of DNA polymerases that incorporate chain-terminating dideoxyribonucleoside triphosphates (ddNTPs) much more efficiently than the wild-type Taq DNA polymerase. Improved incorporation of ddNTPs into DNA during cycle sequencing using AmpliTaq DNA polymerase, FS (Taq-F...

H EMOPI-IILIA A, the most common congenital bleeding disorder, affects I in 10,000 to 20,000 males. The molecular lesions are heterogeneous and only I 0% of specific defects had been characterized so far. These included ddetions and point mutations.’ 8 Most of the point mutations detected involved the recognition site (TCGA) for the restriction enzyme Taq I and of these, most are associated wit...

We have developed a method for the direct analysis of a hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) allele associated with a deficiency of enzyme activity and an early onset of gout. The functionally abnormal enzyme coded for by this mutant allele (HPRTToronto) differs from the normal enzyme by an arginine-to-glycine substitution at position 50. A single base change in the codon for a...