A heteroduplex-preferential Tm depressor for the specificity-enhanced DNA polymerase chain reactions

Analytical Biochemistry Volume 337 Issue 1 Page 154-160 published_at 2005-02-01
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A heteroduplex-preferential Tm depressor for the specificity-enhanced DNA polymerase chain reactions
Creator
Kinoshita-Kikuta Emiko
Source Title
Analytical Biochemistry
Volume 337
Issue 1
Start Page 154
End Page 160
Abstract
A macrocyclic tetraamine zinc(II) complex appended with two quinoline groups, Zn2+.1,7-bis(4-quinolylmethyl)-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane (Zn2+.Q2-cyclen), was successfully used as a novel additive to suppress non-specific products in DNA polymerase chain reaction (PCR). In the presence of Zn2+.Q2-cyclen, the Tm drop of 20-bp heteroduplexes containing a non-complementary base pair was greater than that of the corresponding homoduplex (i.e., primer DNA). Here, we applied such preferential DNA melting to a specificity-enhanced PCR using micromolar concentrations of Zn2+.Q2-cyclen. We demonstrated the selective amplification of target DNA fragments (i.e., the human heart sodium channel Nav1.5 gene) from genomic DNA or a cDNA library. The optimum condition for the specificity-enhanced PCR could be determined in the concentration range of 1.50 μM of Zn2+.Q2-cyclen.
Keywords
Macrocyclic tetraamine
Zinc(II) complex
Tm depressor
Specificity-enhanced PCR
NDC
Biology [ 460 ]
Language
eng
Resource Type journal article
Publisher
Elsevier
Date of Issued 2005-02-01
Rights
Copyright (c) 2004 Elsevier Ltd.
Publish Type Author’s Original
Access Rights open access
Source Identifier
[ISSN] 0003-2697
[DOI] 10.1016/j.ab.2004.10.009
[NCID] AA00524867
[PMID] 15649389
[DOI] http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ab.2004.10.009 isVersionOf