Background: The combined use of restriction enzymes with PCR has revolutionized molecular cloning, but is inherently restricted by the content of the manipulated DNA sequences. Uracil-excision based cloning is ligase and sequence independent and allows seamless fusion of multiple DNA sequences in simple one-tube reactions, with higher accuracy than overlapping PCR.Results: Here, the addition of a highly efficient DNA polymerase and a low-background-, large-insertion- compatible site-directed mutagenesis protocol is described, largely expanding the versatility of uracil-excision DNA engineering.Conclusions: The different uracil-excision based molecular tools that have been developed in an open-source fashion, constitute a comprehensive, yet simple and inexpensive toolkit for any need in molecular cloning. © 2010 Nørholm; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
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Nørholm, M. H. H. (2010). A mutant Pfu DNA polymerase designed for advanced uracil-excision DNA engineering. BMC Biotechnology, 10. https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6750-10-21
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