Site Directed Mutagenesis by PCR
Type
Blog Post
Published
Aug. 2, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
...colonies, and screened for the desired modification. Finally, the positive clones are sequenced to confirm the...plasmid. Although it is commonly believed that the final products of the PCR reaction are pieces of double...recent data (see Xia et al., 2015) suggests that the final PCR products are pieces of linear, double stranded...These homologous ends recombine in vivo to give the final circular plasmid product pictured here. B) Screening... of DMSO to the PCR reaction (usually around 3% final concentration). The DMSO reduces secondary structures...using a methylation-dependent enzyme (DpnI) to eliminate the parent plasmid from the PCR products, the ...duplications (slightly larger bands sizes relative to the original template). Due to the small difference in size...