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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-12-6
pubmed:abstractText
The current demand for improved DNA sequencing methodologies posed by the Human Genome Project has spurred the investigation of alternatives to gel electrophoresis. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry has great potential for the rapid analysis of DNA fragments. Mock Sanger sequencing mixtures have been successfully analyzed by MALDI by pooling synthesized oligonucleotides corresponding to the M13 bacteriophage sequence. More recently, analyses of Sanger sequencing fragments enzymatically generated from synthetic templates of 45 or 50 bases were reported. In the present study, these feasibility demonstrations are extended to show MALDI sequencing from the M13 bacteriophage DNA template commonly used in actual Sanger sequencing. The results show sequence determination for extension products up to 35 bases in length. Different desalting and purification procedures were investigated and it was found that salt could be efficiently reduced by removal of the template in a post-reaction step. Work in progress to stabilize DNA by chemical modification, employed in conjunction with the methods described here, should enable significant extension of the length of readable sequence.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0951-4198
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1475-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Analyzing sequencing reactions from bacteriophage M13 by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.