Principles of PCR Small
Principles of PCR Small
5 A 3 T
A G T C G T A A T 3 T C A G C A T T A 5
Structure of Nucleotide
Phosphodiester Bond
DNA of Organism
DNA
Gene 1
Gene 2
DNA
Copy of Gene 1
Gene 1
DNA of Organism
Restriction digestion
DNA
Gene 1
Gene 2
DNA
Gene 2 Gene 1
Cloning Experiment
DNA
Gene 1
Gene 2
Copy of Gene 1
Gene 1
3 5 Primer
Primers are synthetic ssDNA, can be synthesized or ordered from company. Length of the primers must not be less than 18 nts. The GC and AT content of the 2 (reveres & forward) are favored to be equal or closely. Based on the length and GC / AT contain, the correct temperature of hybridization of the primer to the target DNA strand (annealing temp.) can be calculated. Annealing temperature of the primers should be les than 65 C, because of the extension temperature which is 73 C, and that is due to the optimum temp of Taq-DNA Polymerase which is 73 C.
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
DNA Fragments
+ Positive
Recombinant plasmid
BamHI
PvuII of r. p
1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6)
The mixes
ddH2O xul Buffer 1x ddNTPs 1mm Primers 10pmols Template 1-10ng Polymerase 0.5U
PCR Machine: The Segments & Parameters Segment 1 rapid rising to Denaturing temperature (940C). Segment 2 Denaturing temperature (940C) Segment 3 rapid reducing to the desired annealing temperature (based on primers) Segment 4 annealing temperature. Segment 5 rapid rising to extension temperature. Segment 6 extension temperature. Segment 7 +40C.
Segment 2
Se g m ent 5
nt 3 me S eg
Segm en
Segment 6
t1
ent 7 Segm
Segment 4
Cycle 2
1
First cycle
2
Second cycle
4
Third cycle
8
Forth cycle & etc. 16
DNA Directed RNA polymerase. RNA Directed RNA polymerase (Virus enzyme). RNA directed DNA Polymerase Reverse transcriptase (Virus enzyme).
RNA cDNA
200
300
288-13=215
500
R. Primer F. Primer
500 bp
700 b