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Protocol

Selected cDNA-Cloning

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CDNA Synthesis Dissolve RNA in 0.1 mM EDTA, heat briefly to disaggregate (2 min., 600C), bring to: 25-100 ul volume 50 mM Tris 8.3 0. 1-5 ug poly A+ RNA 6 mM MgCl2 70 mM KC1 10 mM DTT 1 mM each of dNTP's 32P DCTP 1/1000 of cold material) 20 ug/ml oligo dT 100 ug/ml Actinomycin I'D" (to prevent hairpin loop formation) 10-20 units AMU Reverse Transcriptase per ug RNA Incubate 2 hrs., 420C in silanized Eppendorf tube
2. Base Hydrolysis and Sephadex Exclusion Add equal volume of 0.2 M NAOH Incubate 20 min., 700C Cool on ice, netralize with HCl Add Tris (pH 8.0) to 0.1 M, SDS to 0.1%, warm to room temp. Exclude from G-50 F Sephadex (2 ml Pasteur pipette column 0.1* ml fractions) In column buffer 0.1 M NaCl .05 M Tris 7.5 .001 M EDTA .02 t SDS 3. Ethanol Precipitation Pool the excluded peak of the Sephadex column Bring to .2 M NaCl -01 M MgCl2 PPT in 2 volumes ETOK, freeze on dry ice Spin in ultracentrifuge (SW50.1, 1 hr, 30K rpm) 4. Hybridization Resuspend in 4.5 ul 0.1 mM EDTA Add 6 ul 2 mg/ml Poly A+ MRNA, mix Then add 1.5 ul 4.0 M Phosphate buffer (PB) 0.1 ul 20% SDS approximate 0.1 ul 100 mM EDTA Take up mixture in 20 ul silonized capillary, heat seal ends Heat to 900C for 30 seconds to disaggregate Incubate 650C for 12-20 hrs (approximate termination for most complex mRNAs) 5. Hydroxvanetite Selection (t RNA DNase treated) Break ends of capillary with a triangular file (liver glycogen Sigma + NaO4 for Ppt at isopropanol for 2 hrs at 650C. Dilute into 1 ml of 0.12 M PB 3, 0.1% SDS (Tom recommends'.48 M 600, 10% HCl 600) Run over a 1 ml hydroxyapetite column (water jacketed) at 600C. It should take 20-30 sec. to come through. Take care when making column not to pack too tight and avoid generating holes. Rinse with 1 ml aliquots of 0.12 M PB, 0.1% SDS (about seven) Raise column temperature to 980C Stir column and rinse through 5 fractions of PB (to measure hybridized fraction) Count all fractions to determine percent hybridization (should be 90-95% for closely related materials) Pool excluded peak (the best three fractions) (BPB will comigrate with salt) Concentrate with sec-Butanol to 0.2 ml Sec butanol Get rid of SDS as well 1 M .2M Na isopronal dry 151 Exclude over G-50 F Sephadex as before (to remove phosphate buffer) Precipitate and spin in the ultracentrifuge as before. 6. Second Strand Synthesis Resuspend in 0.1 mM EDTA Make 100 mM Hepes 6.9 12 mM MgCl2 100 mm Kci 10 mM DTT 1 mM each of dNTP's DNA polymerase 1, 30 units/ug CDNA or Klenau fragment it if to it Incubate 4 hs., 150C with pol I or 30 min. room temperature with Klenow 7. Sl Cleavage Add 4 volumes of lx Sl buffer .2 M NaCl 05 M NaAc (4.5) :ooi m ZnSO4 and titrate material with Sl nulcease (look for abrupt shift in the single-strand length on a denaturing gel). After Sl cleavage, bring to 5 mM EDTA, 0. 1% SDS and phenol extract. Concentrate again with sec-butanol to 200 ul and run over G-50 F Sephadex as before. PPT double-stranded material.
Selected cDNA-Cloning

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