Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-26-2007

Publication Title

Nucleic Acids Research

Department

Department of Biological Sciences

Abstract

Homologous recombination provides a means for the in vivoconstruction of recombinant DNA molecules that may be problematic to assemble in vitro . We have investigated the efficiency of recombination within the Caenorhabditis elegans germ line as a function of the length of homology between recombining molecules. Our findings indicate that recombination can occur between molecules that share only 10 bp of terminal homology, and that 25 bp is sufficient to mediate relatively high levels of recombination. Recombination occurs with lower efficiency when the location of the homologous segment is subterminal or internal. As in yeast, recombination can also be mediated by either single- or double-stranded bridging oligonucleotides. We find that ligation between cohesive ends is highly efficient and does not require that the ends be phosphorylated; furthermore, precise intermolecular ligation between injected molecules that have blunt ends can also occur within the germ line.

DOI

10.1093/nar/gkm857

Original Citation

Kemp BJ, Hatzold J, Sternick LA, Cornman-Homonoff J, Whitaker JM, Tieu PJ, Lambie EJ. In vivo construction of recombinant molecules within the Caenorhabditis elegans germ line using short regions of terminal homology. Nucleic Acids Res. 2007;35(19):e133. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkm857. Epub 2007 Oct 11. PMID: 17933760; PMCID: PMC2095804.

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