Olson K, Harvey C
Nucleic Acids Res. 1975 Mar;2(3):319-25. doi: 10.1093/nar/2.3.319.
A new method for determining the 3'-terminal nucleotide of a DNA strand is presented. Use is made of the fact that one (and only one) 2',3'-dideoxyribonucleotide can be added to the 3'-end of a DNA fragment with calf thymus terminal transferase. Addition of more than one nucleotide analog per strand is impossible due to the absence of a 3'-terminal hydroxyl group. If the terminatind dideoxyribonucleotide contains an (alpha 32p) label, the resulting 3'-blocked strand can be digested by "nearest neighbor" techniques and the original 3'-endgroup determined. Picomole quantities of DNA strands can be labeled and the 3'-end determined.
提出了一种确定DNA链3'-末端核苷酸的新方法。利用了这样一个事实:用小牛胸腺末端转移酶可以将一种(且仅一种)2',3'-双脱氧核糖核苷酸添加到DNA片段的3'-末端。由于不存在3'-末端羟基,每条链添加多个核苷酸类似物是不可能的。如果终止双脱氧核糖核苷酸含有(α-32P)标记,则所得的3'-封闭链可以通过“相邻核苷酸”技术进行消化,并确定原始的3'-末端基团。可以对皮摩尔量的DNA链进行标记并确定3'-末端。