Biochemical Method for Inserting New Genetic Information into DNA of Simian Virus 40: Circular SV40 DNA Molecules Containing Lambda Phage Genes and the Galactose Operon of Escherichia coli

  1. David A. Jackson*,
  2. Robert H. Symons†, and
  3. Paul Berg
  1. Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California 94305

Abstract

We have developed methods for covalently joining duplex DNA molecules to one another and have used these techniques to construct circular dimers of SV40 DNA and to insert a DNA segment containing lambda phage genes and the galactose operon of E. coli into SV40 DNA. The method involves: (a) converting circular SV40 DNA to a linear form, (b) adding single-stranded homodeoxypolymeric extensions of defined composition and length to the 3′ ends of one of the DNA strands with the enzyme terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (c) adding complementary homodeoxypolymeric extensions to the other DNA strand, (d) annealing the two DNA molecules to form a circular duplex structure, and (e) filling the gaps and sealing nicks in this structure with E. coli DNA polymerase and DNA ligase to form a covalently closed-circular DNA molecule.

Footnotes

  • ↵ * Present address: Department of Microbiology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Mich. 48104.

  • ↵ † Present address: Department of Biochemistry, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5001 Australia.

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  1. PNAS October 1, 1972 vol. 69 no. 10 2904-2909
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