DNA Sequencing Protocols: Second Edition: 167 (Methods in Molecular Biology) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0896037215 ISBN 13: 9780896037212

Publisher: Humana Press, 2001

Synopsis

DNA Sequencing Protocols, Second Edition, empowers researchers with the tools and knowledge required to become a sequencing expert. It covers a wide range of DNA sequencing technologies in common usage in molecular biology laboratories. It acts as a laboratory guide to DNA sequencing and it helps students and researchers to understand the instrumentation (ABI, ALF & LiCor) and chemistries involved. The reader is also given internet addresses for Genome sequencing sites and step by step guides to the use of sequence analysis software and databases i. e. for BLAST and NIX searches. The book also reviews some of the instrumentation available for automation of DNA sequencing processes which is in more widespread use in many research groups. Some of the protocols covered in detail include, M13 cloning and sequencing; Primer design; PCR product sequencing; Cycle sequencing; Solid phase sequencing; Shotgun sequencing; Fluorescent sequencing for 310, 373, 377, ALF, LiCor; Heterozygote mutation detection; Automation, and; Sequence databases and the internet. The book will also be useful to clinicians with research interests to update them on current DNA sequencing methods, applications and future prospects. DNA sequencing has become an essential tool for molecular diagnostics with the completion of many genome project.

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From the Back Cover

Since the publication of the first edition of DNA Sequencing Protocols in 1993, major advances in its technology have made PCR-based semiautomated fluorescent sequencing the norm and enabled the complete sequencing of complex genomes. In DNA Sequencing Protocols, 2nd Edn., Colin Graham and a team of leading investigators and expert clinical scientists update the first edition with a collection of powerful, up-to-date PCR-based methods for DNA sequencing, many suitable for human genome sequencing and mutation detection in human disease. Each method provides detailed, step-by-step instructions to ensure successful results, and includes helpful notes identifying and addressing potential problems. This second edition offers new material on automated DNA sequencers, capillary DNA sequencers, heterozygote mutation detection, web-based sequencing databases and genome sequencing sites, and the human genome project.
State-of-the-art and highly practical, DNA Sequencing Protocols, 2nd Edn. constitutes an essential laboratory handbook for geneticists and molecular biologists, offering concise, easy-to-follow methods that will impact today's genome sequencing projects, improve the accuracy and quality of DNA sequences obtained by smaller laboratories, and help lay the foundation for molecular diagnostics.

Edition details

• Publisher: Humana Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0896037215
• ISBN 13: 9780896037212
• Binding: Plastic Comb
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Graham Colin A, Hill Alison J.M.