Methods for nucleic acid manipulation
First Claim
1. A system for nucleic acid replication comprising:
- (a) a nucleic acid duplex comprising a target nucleic acid sequence;
(b) two primers, each complementary to a flanking end of the target nucleic acid sequence, which primers have been pretreated with a UvsX recombination factor; and
(c) a DNA polymerase.
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Abstract
A method for replicating and amplifying a target nucleic acid sequence is described. A method of the invention involves the formation of a recombination intermediate without the prior denaturing of a nucleic acid duplex through the use of a recombination factor. The recombination intermediate is treated with a high fidelity polymerase to permit the replication and amplification of the target nucleic acid sequence. In preferred embodiments, the polymerase comprises a polymerase holoenzyme. In further preferred embodiments, the recombination factor is bacteriophage T4 UvsX protein or homologs from other species, and the polymerase holoenzyme comprises a polymerase enzyme, a clamp protein and a clamp loader protein, derived from viral, bacteriophage, prokaryotic, archaebacterial, or eukaryotic systems.
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1. A system for nucleic acid replication comprising:
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(a) a nucleic acid duplex comprising a target nucleic acid sequence; (b) two primers, each complementary to a flanking end of the target nucleic acid sequence, which primers have been pretreated with a UvsX recombination factor; and (c) a DNA polymerase. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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