Site Directed Mutagenesis by PCR
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...extension can usually ensure that the 3’-base(s) do not form secondary structures. The introduction (or ablation...plasmid (usually from incomplete DpnI digest) can also form colonies under these conditions.
Screening
If a ...constructs), in functional analysis of proteins (to perform alanine scanning mutagenesis or targeted substitution...methylation-dependent endonuclease (i.e. DpnI), and bacteria are transformed with the nuclease-resistant nicked plasmid (the...the adenosine of the GATC recognition site.
Transformation: After the PCR reaction, no ligation is required...required since the E. coli you transform your PCR products into will efficiently patch up the DNA. The ...parental plasmid provides a mean for selecting for transformants which have taken up the mutagenized plasmid....