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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2-3
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-9-2
pubmed:abstractText
We describe our production line for the rapid analysis of large cDNA libraries applying robotic techniques to automatically pick, amplify, array, hybridise and analyse the clones. We also outline the current state of the hybridisation techniques and describe anticipated future developments of the system. Our approach faces the large-scale analysis of cDNA clones with partial sequence analysis by oligonucleotide fingerprinting in the following way: after picking of individual colonies and arraying them automatically in quadruple density (384-well) microtitre plates, the cDNA clones are amplified by an automated waterbath polymerase chain reaction (PCR), which allows us to run about 46,000 reactions in parallel. The PCR products are automatically transferred to nylon membranes in a high density pattern using a robotic device. We routinely produce twelve 22 cm x 22 cm membranes in 90 min. Each membrane contains 20,736 clones, although much higher densities might be feasible using both miniaturized glass matrices and fluorescence based hybridisation techniques. Theoretical analysis and preliminary computer simulations indicate that about 100-200 sequence specific hybridisations of octanucleotides to about 100,000 PCR products of 1000-1500 base-pairs length will generate sufficient information for classifying the clones into groups of identical or related genes and to identify a large number of previously uncharacterized cDNA clones.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
B
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0168-1656
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
30
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
191-203
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Application of robotic technology to automated sequence fingerprint analysis by oligonucleotide hybridisation.
pubmed:affiliation
Genome Analysis Laboratory, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't