Methods for sequencing polynucleotides
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1. A method of polynucleotide sequencing, comprising:
- (a) providing a mixture of circular polynucleotides, wherein each of said circular polynucleotides comprises;
(i) a first Type IIs restriction endonuclease recognition site;
(ii) a target polynucleotide fragment; and
(iii) a second Type IIs restriction endonuclease recognition site,wherein the first Type IIs restriction endonuclease recognition site is flanking a 5′
end of the target polynucleotide fragment, the second Type IIs restriction endonuclease recognition site is flanking a 3′
end of the target polynucleotide fragment, and the cleavage sites of the first and second Type IIs restriction endonucleases are within the interior of the target polynucleotide fragment,wherein the first and second Type IIs restriction endonuclease recognition sites are arranged such that a first Type IIs restriction endonuclease recognizing said first Type IIs restriction endonuclease recognition site and a second Type IIs restriction endonuclease recognizing said second Type IIs restriction endonuclease recognition site cleave the target polynucleotide fragment, andwherein said circular polynucleotides comprise different target polynucleotide fragments;
(b) cleaving the different target polynucleotide fragments contained in said mixture of circular polynucleotides with said first Type IIs restriction endonuclease, thereby producing restriction fragments comprising 5′
segments from the 5′
ends of the different target polynucleotide fragments;
(c) cleaving the different target polynucleotide fragments contained in said mixture of circular polynucleotides with said second Type IIs restriction endonuclease, thereby producing restriction fragments comprising 3′
segments from the 3′
ends of the different target polynucleotide fragments; and
(d) determining sequences of the 5′
segments and 3′
segments from the ends of the restriction fragments obtained from cleaving steps (b) and (c).
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Abstract
The invention relates to methods and systems for sequencing and constructing a high resolution physical map of a polynucleotide. In accordance with the invention, nucleotide sequences are determined at the ends of restriction fragments produced by a plurality of digestions with a plurality of combinations of restriction endonucleases so that a pair of nucleotide sequences is obtained for each restriction fragment. A physical map of the polynucleotide is constructed by ordering the pairs of sequences by matching the identical sequences among the pairs.
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1. A method of polynucleotide sequencing, comprising:
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(a) providing a mixture of circular polynucleotides, wherein each of said circular polynucleotides comprises; (i) a first Type IIs restriction endonuclease recognition site; (ii) a target polynucleotide fragment; and (iii) a second Type IIs restriction endonuclease recognition site, wherein the first Type IIs restriction endonuclease recognition site is flanking a 5′
end of the target polynucleotide fragment, the second Type IIs restriction endonuclease recognition site is flanking a 3′
end of the target polynucleotide fragment, and the cleavage sites of the first and second Type IIs restriction endonucleases are within the interior of the target polynucleotide fragment,wherein the first and second Type IIs restriction endonuclease recognition sites are arranged such that a first Type IIs restriction endonuclease recognizing said first Type IIs restriction endonuclease recognition site and a second Type IIs restriction endonuclease recognizing said second Type IIs restriction endonuclease recognition site cleave the target polynucleotide fragment, and wherein said circular polynucleotides comprise different target polynucleotide fragments; (b) cleaving the different target polynucleotide fragments contained in said mixture of circular polynucleotides with said first Type IIs restriction endonuclease, thereby producing restriction fragments comprising 5′
segments from the 5′
ends of the different target polynucleotide fragments;(c) cleaving the different target polynucleotide fragments contained in said mixture of circular polynucleotides with said second Type IIs restriction endonuclease, thereby producing restriction fragments comprising 3′
segments from the 3′
ends of the different target polynucleotide fragments; and(d) determining sequences of the 5′
segments and 3′
segments from the ends of the restriction fragments obtained from cleaving steps (b) and (c). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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