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The isolation of evolutionarily conserved Eag I end-clones from mouse chromosome 17 using cloned DNA.

To isolate DNA markers from mouse chromosome 17, a genomic phage library was constructed from the mouse-hamster CMGT cell hybrid RcE-B52. This hybrid contains a chromosomal fragment from the distal end/flanking region of the t complex on mouse chromosome 17. Recombinants of mouse origin were identified by using a panel of mouse-specific repetitive sequences as a probe. A total of 1,500 mouse phage recombinants were isolated. These were found to represent 250-300 individual recombinants, comprising about 4 Mbp of cloned mouse DNA. The pooled mouse recombinant phages were used to construct an Eag I end-library. This was achieved by the specific insertion of a marker plasmid in Eag I recognition sites when present in the mouse inserts of the recombinant phages. The Eag I end-fragments were subsequently subcloned using a simple procedure taking advantage of the inserted plasmid. A total of 56 individual Eag I end-fragments were identified. These were found to contain recognition sites for rare cutting enzymes at high frequency. A large proportion (73%) were found to be evolutionarily conserved in human DNA. Furthermore, a significant fraction of these fragments, two of six tested, appears to detect specific cDNAs in a 8.5-day mouse embryo cDNA library.[1]

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