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. 1997 Jan 15;25(2):451–452. doi: 10.1093/nar/25.2.451

Recombination-mediated PCR-directed plasmid construction in vivo in yeast.

K R Oldenburg 1, K T Vo 1, S Michaelis 1, C Paddon 1
PMCID: PMC146432  PMID: 9016579

Abstract

We have extended the technique of PCR-directed recombination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae to develop a simple method for plasmid or gene construction in the absence of suitable restriction sites. The DNA to be cloned is PCR-amplified with 30-40 bp of homology to a linearized yeast plasmid. Co-transformation into yeast results in homologous recombination at a position directed by the PCR oligonucleotides.

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