Piazza Aurèle, Koszul Romain, Heyer Wolf-Dietrich
University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States; Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
Methods Enzymol. 2018;601:27-44. doi: 10.1016/bs.mie.2017.11.024. Epub 2018 Feb 24.
Homologous recombination faithfully restores the sequence information interrupted by a DNA double-strand break by referencing an intact DNA molecule as a template for repair DNA synthesis. DNA synthesis is primed from 3'-OH end of the invading DNA strand in the displacement loop (D-loop). Here, we describe a simple and quantitative proximity ligation-based assay to study the initiation of homologous recombination-associated DNA synthesis initiated at the D-loop and final product formation. The D-loop extension assay overcomes the semiquantitative nature and some limitations of the current PCR-based technique and facilitates the study of the recombination-associated DNA synthesis.
同源重组通过将完整的DNA分子作为修复DNA合成的模板,如实地恢复被DNA双链断裂中断的序列信息。DNA合成由置换环(D环)中入侵DNA链的3'-OH末端引发。在这里,我们描述了一种基于邻近连接的简单定量分析方法,用于研究在D环处启动的同源重组相关DNA合成及最终产物的形成。D环延伸分析克服了当前基于PCR技术的半定量性质和一些局限性,并有助于对重组相关DNA合成的研究。