
Optimization of BAC clones, 290 Ordered libraries, 239–241 Ordering methods
for libraries, 269–276 for restriction fragments, 246
Orientation
of gel fibers in electrophoresis, 137
of DNA measured by linear dichroism, 151 of molecules in gels, 139
Orphan peak analysis, 462 Overlap fraction
methods for estimation, 271–272 of clones, definition, 269
Overshoots during PFG, 152
P1 bacteriophage
clone insert sizes, 241 use in cloning, 267 use in libraries, 50
PAC cloning, 267 Padlock probes, 88
Painting of chromosomes, 230 Par function inE. coli, 29
Parallel processing in programming, 558 Parallel strands in triplexes, 473
Parallel strategies for DNA sequencing, 364 Partial digests
Smith-Birnstiel mapping of, 255–256 use in restriction mapping, 259–262
Pathogenicity, 434
Patterns of gene location and use, 547 Pausing in protein synthesis, 533 pBR322 sequence error, 545
PCR
based on Alu primers, 510–515 detection of circulating tumor cells, 449 finding new mutations by, 466
for chomosome assignment, 208
for connecting different libraries, 292 for detecting heteroduplexes, 458
for the production of aptamers, 517 of single sperm, 215–218
subdividing genes to search for mutations, 462
to examine exons for mutations, 456 use in attaching GC clamps, 461
use in closing gaps in libraries, 276 use in differential cloning, 494–495 use in differential display, 500
use in triplex capture, 482 Pedigree
analysis with Alumorphs, 513 for fragile X disease, 442 in genetics, 180
Pena, Sergio, 462 Penalty for gaps, 557 Penetrance, defined, 171
Peptide antigens, 448
INDEX 589
Periodate oxidation of ribonucleosides, 409–410
Perlin, Mark, 318
Permanganate cleavage of triplexes, 491 PFG
as a direct source of DNA for mapping, 320
as a source for coincidence cloning, 506 gel slice analysis by inter-Alu PCR,
512–515
of genomic restriction fragments, 238 pH effects on triplexes, 471 Pharmacia, AB, 334
Phase
as defined in genetics, 172 effects in linkage, 181
Phenol-water emulsion in subtraction, 493 Phenotype, 171
resulting from multiple genes, 565 Phosphatase, 10
use in DNA detection, 93 Phosphoramidites in DNA synthesis, 8 Phosphorothioates in SDA, 123 Phosphorous 32 in DNA sequencing, 331 Phosphotriesters
as uncharged backbone analogs, 488 use in SBH, 420
Photocleavage of DNA, 490–491 Photocrosslinking of DNA by psoralen, 524
Photolithography, 407 |
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Phrap algorithm, 362 |
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Phred algorithm, 345 |
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sexes, 56 |
Physical and genetic maps compared, 173 Physical size of human chromosomes, 195 Physiology, a cDNA view, 384
Pichia chromosomal DNA in PFG, 159 Pin tools for array making, 295, 411 Plasmids
E. coli F + , 30 replication of, 30 use in cloning, 12
Ploidy, 51
in yeast cells, 51 Plus–minus sequencing, 397
use in PSBH, 428 PNA’s, 490–492
as drugs, 523
p-Nitrobenzoylamide DNA cleavage, 490–491 Poisson equation in PFG, 144
Poisson statistics of Alu distribution, 250 poly A tails
in mRNA, 380, 532 Polyacrylamide gels
for separating single-stranded DNA, 155 optimized for mutation detection, 459 use in electrophoresis, 133
Polyamide nucleic acids, 490–492
590 INDEX
Polycistronic prokaryotic messages, 532 Poly-L-lysine for immobilizing DNA, 269 Polymer diffusion on gels, 139
Polymerase chain reaction, 98–122 basic scheme, 100
effect of DNA length on, 79 Polymerases from thermophiles, 101
Polymorphic amplifiable fragments, 499 Polymorphic sequence tags in mapping, 302 Polymorphism(s)
as evidenced by RLGS, 321 frequency of, 65
in chromosome 21 restriction maps, 279 in tandom repeats, 447
Polynucleotide kinase, 10
use in DNA sequencing, 331 use in end labeling, 252
Polyoma virus DNA sequence, 556 Polypeptide nucleic acids in SBH, 420 Polysomes in aptamer production, 518 Polytene chromosomes in mapping, 234–235 Pool screening methods, 296
Pooling
cosmids as a hybridization probe, 293 for sample storage, 291
from microtitre plates, 300 generalized schemes, 312 ideal properties, 303
in multiplex DNA sequencing, 375 in PCR or hybridization, 208
of families in genetics, 179 of probes, 297
Population genetics, 191 Pore(s)
in gel electrophoresis, 139 sizes in gels, 158
Posfai, Janos, 546 Positional cloning, 434
Positional labeling in PSBH, 430 Positional SBH, 425–430 Positional variation, 37 Practical aspects of PFG, 162–163 Prader-Willi syndrome, 206
Premutation carriers in fragile X, 444 Prenatal diagnosis, 450
Presymptomatic diagnosis, 448 Prevention of vector arm ligation, 287 Primate sequencing targets, 526
Primed in situ hybridization, 219 Primer(s)
based on the Alu repeat sequene, 510–511 for amplicon selection, 98
for repeated sequences, 107 jumping in DNA sequencing, 373 length effects in sequencing, 364 RNA in telomerase, 35
using transposon sequences, 369 utilization by DNA polymerase, 19
walking in DNA sequencing, 363–367 with tags, 107
Primer dimers in PCR, 101
removal by tagged random primer PCR, 118
Primer extension preamplification in PCR, 117–118
Principle component analysis, 565 Probes
as used in hybridization, 67 ligation of, 88
Processivity
of DNA polymerases, 101
of enzymes in single-molecule sequencing, 395
of enzymes used for DNA sequencing, 336 Prokaryotic mRNAs, 532
Promoters, 564
addition in amplification primers, 124 Proofreading
by DNA polymerases, 21 by ligation, 424
Protein A
role in molecular rulers, 18 use in AFM of DNA, 399 use in immuno-PCR, 120
Protein folding, 533
use in analysis of protein function, 549 Protein-primed amplification, 126
Protein synthesis, 23
Protonation of bases in triplexes, 472–473 Protozoa DNA repeats, 463
Pseudoautosomal region, 56–57, 197–199 Pseudo-first order hybridization kinetics, 385 Pseudogenes in the globin family, 38
Pseudoknot
found in aptamers, 518 structure of, 4
Pseudo-vitamin D-deficiency, 513 Psoralen, 524
Puffer fish as target for sequencing, 526 Pulse programs
in PFG, 148
in SPFG, 159
Pulse times in PFG, 146
Pulsed field gel electrophoresis, 140–163 in chromosome purification, 48
Purification
of DNA by inter-Alu PCR, 510–515 of specific DNA sequences, 478
Pyrococcus furiosis DNA polymerase, 101 Pyrophosphate
detection in stepwise sequencing, 401 removal in full length cDNA cloning, 381 role in Pyrosequencing, 403
Q replication for amplification 127-128
Quadratic discriminant method for exons, 538 Quantitative PCR or rtPCR, 499
Quantitative trait loci, 565
Quantum yield and detection sensitivity, 91
Radiation hybrid(s), 212 analyzed by inter-Alu PCR, 512 map of human chromosome 21, 215
use in inner product mapping, 318–319 Radioisotopes
for DNA detection, 91
use in in situ hybridization, 218–222 Random primed single-sperm PCR, 218
Random segregation of YACs in budding, 289 Random walk model for DNA in FISH, 226
RAPD
for mutation detection, 462 mapping by PCR, 113
Rare cDNAs, enrichment methods for, 386 RARE cleavage, 477–480
Rare cutters
PFG fractionation of digests, 142 table of properties, 244
use in primer jumping, 373
used to produce cloneless libraries, 320 Ratchet model for PFG, 148
Rate limiting steps in DNA sequencing, 358 Rates of DNA sequencing, 526
Raw DNA sequence, 327 accuracy of, 342
rDNA gene chromosome locations, 59 Read length in SBH, 406
Reading frames in protein synthesis, 24, 531 Reannealing in coincidence cloning, 501
rec A protein
role in recombination, 176
use in Achilles’ heel methods, 477 Receptors for oligonucleotides, 521–522 Recessive, defined, 171
Reciprocal translocation, 54–55
Recognition of DNA sequence by triplex, 470 Recognition sites on restriction enzymes, 244 Recombination
between Alu sequences, 509 between YACs, 287
breakpoints in gene finding, 436 chromosome circularization by, 48 detailed model for, 176
effect on linkage disequilibirum, 192 in meiosis, 168
mitotic, 52 non-uniformity of, 197 role of rec A protein in, 477 site specific, 267
Recombination frequency, 173 estimation of, 183
hot spot effects on linkage disequilibrium, 193
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Reconfiguration of DNA arrays, 295 |
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Recurrences in SBH, 405 |
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Reduction to homozygosity |
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in cancer, 204 |
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in tumors, 451 |
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Redundancy |
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in DNA sequencing, 327, 361 |
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in SBH measurements, 417 |
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needed in directed sequencing, 363 |
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Regional assignment |
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by in situ hybridization, 223 |
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of DNA by hybridization, 210 |
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Regulatory regions in genes, 564 |
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Relatedness of two sequences, 551–560 |
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Renaturation |
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kinetics of, 80–82 |
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results for different DNAs, 83 |
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use in subtractive cloning, 493 |
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Reorientation of DNAs in gels, 140 |
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Repeat expansion(s) |
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as a cause of human disease, 441 |
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detection, 516 |
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in embryogenesis, 445 |
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mechanisms of, 443 |
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Repeated sequences |
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effects in SBH, 404 |
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effect in sequence assembly, 362 |
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in centromeres, 32 |
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283 |
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use as primers, 107 |
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use in blotting, 272–274 |
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Replicas of DNA arrays, 295 |
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Replication, 19–22 |
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inE. coli, |
19–22, 29–31 |
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fork structure, 22
Representation difference analysis, 495 Reptation models
in gels, 138 inadequacy for PFG, 148
Resolution
effect of isotopes in MS, 357
in electrophoretic DNA sequencing, 330 in PFG, 162
in SPFG, 157
of DNAs in electrophoresis, 132
of flourescent in situ hybridizaiton, 224 of mass spectrometry, 351
Resonance energy transfer in PCR, 115 Resonance ionization MS, 351–352 Restriction endonucleases
biological function of, 6 cleavage patterns of, 10
PCR incorporation of recognition sites, 107 PFG fractionation of digests, 142 possible role in sexual inheritance, 55 with interrupted sites, 273
Restriction map, 235 construction, 246–265
592 INDEX
Restriction map (Continued) of a human telomere, 269 ofE. coli, 277
of human chromosome 21, 278–279 Restriction methylases in DNA cleavage,
477
Restriction site polymorphisms by PCR, 466 Retention of DNAs in radiation hybrids, 213 Retinoblastoma, 452
Retrograde motion in PFG, 148 Reverse dot blot, 88
in PCR detection, 114 Reverse transcriptase
for the production of aptamers, 518 gene in HIV, 463–464
use in cDNA cloning. 380
use in isothermal amplification, 123 use in PCR, 119
Reversible terminators, 402
Revertants in sequence comparisons, 554 RFLP(s), 202
arising from mutations in CpG, 263 Ribosomal RNA in DNA diagnostics, 463 Ribozymes, 521
Rice as target for sequencing, 526 Ricketts, 513
RLGS for polymorphisms, 320 RNA
alkaline hydrolysis, 1 detection by PCR, 119 helicase, 523
polymerase synthesis initiation, 564 probes in QB replication, 127
RNAse nicking of heteroduplexes, 458 RNaseH
activity in reverse transcriptase, 123 use in QB replication, 128
Robbins, Robert, 529
Roberts, Richard, 546
Robertsonian fusion in chromosome 2, 229
Robotics
for liquid handling, 294 for pooling, 315
use in array manufacture, 411 Rolling circle amplification, 126 Roninsen, Igor, 88
Ropers, Hilger, 434
Rossman, Michael, 561
ROX dye in DNA sequencing, 333
S1 hypersensitivity, 471–473
S1 nuclease
cleavage of heteroduplexes, 457 use in cDNA cloning, 380
use in studying PNA -DNA interactions, 491
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
as a host for telomere cloning, 265 as model organism, 25
centromere of, 32
chromosomal DNA separation, 144 gene density in, 541
lambda clone ordering, 270
recombination in chromosome III, 548–549 sequences purified by triplex capture,
485–486
Sakaki, Yoshiyuki, 515 Saliva
as a source of DNA, 449
head and neck tumor cells in, 455 Salt-independence of PNA duplexes, 491 Sample
chips in Format II SBH, 412 contamination in PCR, 103 handling methods for DNAs, 295 pooling robotics, 294 preparation by PSBH, 430
Sampling theory, 312
Sander, Christian, 541, 560 Sandwich assay for DNA detection, 93 Sanger sequencing
in an array format, 431
variants for mutation detection, 462 Sanger, Frederick, 329
Satellite DNA in centromeres, 33 Scaffold
in chromosome structure, 31 Topoisimerase II in, 36
Scale up in DNA sequencing projects, 529 Scaling of FISH images and DNA length,
227–228
Scanning tip microscopy, 398–400 Scanning tunneling microscopy of DNA, 398
Schizosaccharomyces pombe
as model organism, 26 centromere of, 34
chromosomal DNA separation, 144
chromosomes as hybridization probes, 305 circular chromosome in, 48
cosmid maps of, 280–283
filter hybridization of cosmid clones, 118 ordered cosmid map, 309
pooling strategies used for mapping, 305 possible use in YAC cloning, 289
sequencing projects, 377 Schwartz, David, 269 Scoring matrice, 551 Scoring schemes, 551
Screening libraries, 434 Secondary PFG, 157–158 Secondary structure
effect on array hybridization, 419 supression in PNA hybridization, 491
Segmental organization of organisms, 547 Segregation of markers, 170
Selectable markers for linking cloning, 255 SELEX, 517–518
Self-annealing of cDNA libraries, 383 Self-complementary sequence, 2
melting of, 70 Semiconductor methodology, 411 Sensitivity of detection
in sequencing by electrophoresis, 335 of detectors in DNA sequencing, 349
Sequenase for DNA sequencing, 336 Sequence of the Alu repeat, 508 Sequence analysis, 526
by neural nets, 535–540 Sequence comparison, 551–561
Sequence homology for finding errors, 546
Sequence ready libraries, 234, 322, 368, 379 Sequence tagged polymorphism, 302
Sequence tagged sites
use in mapping, 391
use in inner product mapping, 318–319 Sequence-specific capture, 480–488
Sequencing for cDNA abundance, 500 Sequencing by hybridization, 403–425 Sequencing by synthesis, 400–403
Serial analysis of gene expression, 500 Serine esterases, 561
Sex averaged maps, 196 Sex determination, 198
chromosomes involved in, 54
Sex-dependent transmission of fragile X, 445 Sexes, number of different, 55–56
Sfi I
fragments of E. coli , 238 recognition site, 242
Shaw, Barbara, 338
Shear breakage of DNA for shotgunning, 361 Short primers
in directed DNA sequencing, 365 in PCR, 113
Shotgun sequencing, 361–363
use in large scale projects, 541–543 Shuffling, 116
Sickle cell anemia mutations, 449 Sieving by gels, 134–136 Silencing of genes, 37
Silent variations, 447 Silicon surfaces in SBH, 415
Simple repeat absence in codons, 534 SINES, 508
Single base mismatches
detection in heteroduplexes, 456–462 effect on melting temperature, 421
Single cells
cDNAs from, 500 DNA content of, 64
Single chromosome libraries preparation, 47
use, 50
INDEX 593
Single DNA molecules
amplification by PCR for genetic use, 218 detection by fluorescence, 91
mapping of, 269
seen in electrophoresis, 149 Single mismatches in SBH, 413 Single nucleotide polymorphisms
detection by array hybridization, 422 example of, 201
frequency of, 65
use in mapping, 302
detected by allele specific PCR, 115 Single-copy probe preparation, 512 Single-molecule sequencing, 394–397 Single-sided PCR, 107–111
potential use in DNA sequencing, 374 using Alu primers, 512
Single-sperm PCR, 215–218 Single-stranded binding protein, 367 Single-stranded DNA
effect of conformation on mobility, 133, 461
electrophoretic separation of, 155 Sister chromatid(s)
exchange, 52–54 in meiosis, 168
pairing and crossovers in recombination, 200
role in recombination, 176 Size-selected jumping library, 258 Skare, James, 228
Slayter, Gary, 138
Slippage mechanism of mutagenesis, 204 Small restriction fragment mapping, 264 Small rnp peptide imprinting, 206 Smith, Hamish, 255
Smith, Lloyd, 334, 483
Smith-Birnstiel mapping of large DNA, 260 Soares, Bento, 383
Sodium dodecyl sulphate, 134 Software tools, 569–573 Solenoid chromosome structure, 36 Solid state methods
for DNA handling, 295 in DNA sequencing, 345
Somatic cell genetics, 208–218 Somatic mutations, 433
in cancer, 451 new, 465
Sommer, Steven, 462 Southern blot(s), 86
for detecting heteroduplexes, 458
of chromosome 21 Not I fragments, 251 use in chromosome assignment, 208
use in studying RFLP’s, 201
use of repeated sequences as probes, 272–274
using inter-Alu PCR products, 515
594 INDEX
Southern, Edwin, 148, 408–411, 413, 417 Spacers in oligonucleotide arrays, 410 Species dependence of start codons, 532 Sperm cells for PCR, 217
Spermatogenesis in fragile X disease, 445 Splicing
consensus sequences for, 531 intermediates in, 538 of RNA, 24
Splints
in PCR, 108–110
use in finding small restriction fragments, 264
Spotting in array manufacture, 407 Spraying in array manufacture, 407 SSCP
for mutation detection, 461 origins of, 133
Stability of PNA-DNA duplexes, 491 Stable hairpins, 344
Stacking hybridization in SBH, 421–424 Stacking interactions in duplexes, 71 Staphylococcal nuclease loop cleavage, 491 STARS, 258
use in mapping, 301 Start codons, 531 Statistical models
See binomial, Poisson, Markov, Bayesian. Statistics
Bayesian, in genetics, 180
for estimation of clone overlaps, 271
of fragment retention in radiation hybrids, 213–215
of random clone picking, 240 Stepwise sequencing, 400–403 Stereoisomers of phosphotriesters, 488 Stop codons, 531
Storage
of clone libraries, 291 of DNA arrays, 295
Strand displacement
activity of DNA polymerase, 19 amplification method, 123–126 by PNAs, 488
Strand exchange in recombination, 177 Strategies in sequencing, 326
Straus, R., 493
Streptavidin
as a support in PSBH, 426 in capture PCR, 109
in DNA detection, 91 symmetry, 4
three dimensional structure, 95
use in affinity capture electrophoresis, 486 use in AFM of DNA, 399
use in comparative genome hybridization, 230
use in differential cloning, 493
use in DNA rulers, 18
use in DNA trapping electrophoresis, 155 use in immuno-PCR, 120
use in in situ hybridization, 220 use in Q replication, 128
use in triplex capture, 481
use on beads in DNA sequencing, 347 use on pins for DNA sequencing, 348
Streptavidin chimeras
metallothionein, for metal labeling, 353 protein A, for immuno-PCR, 121
Stringency
in PCR primers, 104
of hybridization, 325 Structural matrix, 553 Structure
comparisons, 560
of chromosomes, 36–39 of renatured DNA, 84
of telomeres, 34 Studier, William, 365
Subtractive cloning, 492–499
Sulfur isotopes in MS DNA sequencing, 351 Sulfur 35 in DNA sequencing, 331 Sulston, John, 543
Supercoiling effects on triplexes, 471 Superfamily, 548
Suppression PCR, 116 SV40 DNA sequence, 556
Sverdlov, Eugene, 303, 388, 493, 499 Six-tuple word preferences, 535 Symmetry
in Restriction enzyme cleavage, 10 of DNA, 1
of streptavidin, 4
Synteny of mammalian chromosomes, 59–63 Synthesis of oligonucleotide arrays, 407–411 Szybalski, Wacslaw, 366, 477–478
Tactics in sequencing, 326 Tagged primers
for reverse dot blotting, 114 introduction by PCR, 107
use in coincidence cloning, 503 Tagged random primer PCR, 117–118 TAMRA in DNA sequencing, 333
Tandem repeats
capture by triplex formation, 483–485 in centromeres, 33
in telomeres, 34 PCR based on, 516
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role in human disease, 437 |
Tang, Kai, 358 |
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Taq |
I methylase in Dpn I cutting, 253 |
Taq |
polymerase |
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addition of non-template coded A, 20, 101 |
|
use in PCR, 101 |
TaqMan assay for PCR, 115
Targets for large scale sequencing, 378 T-cell receptor, 16
genes, 548
gene rearrangements in, 433
T-cells, oligonucleotide receptors in, 522 Telomerase
replication of telomeres by, 35 Telomeres
chromosome banding of, 44 cloning of, 265–269
role in recombination, 49 shortening of, 35 structure of, 34
Telomeric DNA
isolation by RARE cleavage, 477
use in restriction mapping, 260 Telomeric light bands
repeats in, 510 Template strand, 531
Ter function inE. coli, 30 Terminal transferase, 11 Terminators
in DNA sequencing, 329
use in stepwise sequencing, 402 Tetramethylammonium salts in SBH, 417 Tetraploidy in meiosis, 169
The Institute for Genome Research, 384 Thermal cyclers in PCR, 103
Thermis acquaticus |
DNA polymerase, 101 |
Thermococcus litoralis |
DNA polymerase, 101 |
Thermodynamics
of base staking interactions, 72 of DNA mismatches, 75–76
of mismatched duplexes, 423 Thermosequenase, 336
Thermostable polymerases in PCR, 101 Thierry, Agnes, 261
Thin gels
advantages and disadvantages, 348 used in DNA arrays, 408
used in DNA sequencing, 336 Threading, 560
Three-dimensional pooling, 313 Three-dimensional structure
use in analysis of protein function, 550 use in sequence comparison, 560
3-Periodicity, 534 3’-End sequences in EST’s, 302 3’-Exonuclease
activity of DNA polymerase, 20 use in PCR, 107
use in stepwise sequencing, 401 3’-Untranslated regions of cDNAs, 302 3SR isothermal amplification, 123 Threshold in a neural net, 536 Throughput
in current DNA sequencing, 348 in SBH, 412
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INDEX |
595 |
Tiered pooling strategies for mapping, 300 |
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Tiered sets of samples in mapping, 298 |
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Tiling path |
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Minimum tiling path. |
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in the S. pombe |
YAC map, 280–283 |
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of an ordered library, 239
Time of flight mass spectrometry, 356 Tobacco pyrophosphatase, 381
Top-down mapping strategy, 236 Topoisomerases
mechanisms of, 31
role in replication, 23 Topology
effects in DNA hybridization, 87 effect in velocity sedimentation, 132 effect on hybridization, 31
in chromosome structure, 36
Total genome amplification by PCR, 116 Trace back in dynamic programming, 558 Tracer DNA in subtraction, 496–499 Traits, genetic, 165
Transcript imaging, 500 Transcription, 19, 23
effect on mutagenesis, 465
for inactivation of centromeres, 289 Transcription factors, 564 Transfection, 13
Transformation, 13
Transformation matrices for rearraying, 316 Transitions in sequences, 551
Translocation
effect on X chromosome inactivation, 57 in chromosomes, 52–53
Transposition of mobile elements, 510 Transposons in DNA sequencing, 368 Trans-splicing, 531
Transversions in sequences, 551 Trapping
electrophoretic linking clone isolation, 255 of chromosomal DNA in agarose gels, 48
of DNA in gels, 149 Trask, Barb, 228
Trinomial statistics of clone overlap, 271 Trinucleotide repeat expansions, 439 Triple-stranded helices
See Triplexes
Triplex capture, 480–486 Triplexes, 14, 470–486
as potential therapeutics, 522–524 effects in SBH, 413
Tucker, Philip, 372
Tumor cell detection in blood, 449 Tumor genes, 451–455
Turner’s syndrome, 59
Twisting, kinetics of DNA, 79
Two allele polymorphism frequency, 65 Two color
detection for allele specific PCR, 115
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hybridization to study amplified regions, |
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Bimodal distribution. |
Two-dimensional pooling, 313 Two-dimensional separations in RLGS, 321 Two-stage model of recombination, 177 Type IIS restriction endonuclease
use in PSBH, 430
use in differential display, 500
Uberbacher, Edward, 537
Uhlen, Mathias, 345–347, 401, 463 Ulanovsky, Levy, 155, 367 Ultracentrifugation
separation of DNA by, 131 to fractionate human DNA, 544
Unequal sister chromatid exchange, 437 as a mechanism of mutagenesis, 204 Uniformativeness of markers, 167
Universal primers in M13 vectors, 361 Unknown sequence amplification by PCR,
108–112
Untwisting time of DNA duplexes, 79 Uptake of oligonucleotides by cells, 522 Uracil DNA glycosylase
role in DNA repair, 6
use in end capture electrophoresis, 487–488 use in PCR, 103
Urea in DNA sequencing electrophoresis, 327 Urine, prostate tumor cells in, 455
Use of alternate arrays, 316
Van der Waals forces in STM, 398
Variable number tandem repeats. See VNTRs Vector primers
for amplifying the ends of clones, 301 use in coincidence cloning, 503
Vectors
designed for improved YAC cloning, 287 for small insert cloning, 12
used in single chromosome libraries, 47 Velocity of DNA in electrophoresis, 330 Vent polymerase in PCR, 101
Ventor, Craig, 543
Viovy, Jean, 160 Virulence factors, 434 VNTRs
as a cause of human disease, 440 as a mutation hot spot, 466 examples of, 202–204
PCR based on, 516
triplex formation in, 480
Walking primer sequencing strategy, 363–367 Waterman, Michael, 275
Waterston, Robert, 543 Watson-Crick structure, 5,7
as a component of triplexes, 473 Weigant halo, 225
Weight of a matrix in clone ordering, 311 Weiss, Robert, 376
Weissman, Sherman, 385
Who will be sequenced, 390 Window
in neural net analysis, 537 in sequence comparisons, 555
Word preferences, 535 Wu, Raymond, 326, 397
X chromosome
biological role of, 54 inactivation of, 57
suppression of recombination in, 197 X-linked mental retardation, 437
X-ray crystallography, 550
X-ray chromosome breakage, 210–212
Y chromosome
biological role of, 54 heterochromatin in, 37 ordered clone maps, 280
pseudoautosomal region of, 56, 197–199 Yaar, Ron, 499
YAC clones
analyzed by inter-Alu PCR, 512 built around Eag I fragments, 256 insert sizes, 241
methods for cloning, 267 pooling, 300
YAC contig on chromosome 21, 280 YAC map
of chromosome 21, 281
of human chromosome 11, 318–319 ofS. pombe , 280–283
YAC vectors, 285–290
Yeast chromosomal DNA separation, 143 Yield of PCR, 102
Z helix, 5
promotion by 5-methyl C, 6 Zhang, Tai Yong, 157 Zimm, Bruno, 138
Zinc fingers, 561–562
Zone of high resolution electrophoresis, 156