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. 1979 Aug 10;6(11):3543–3557. doi: 10.1093/nar/6.11.3543

Hybridization of synthetic oligodeoxyribonucleotides to phi chi 174 DNA: the effect of single base pair mismatch.

R B Wallace, J Shaffer, R F Murphy, J Bonner, T Hirose, K Itakura
PMCID: PMC327955  PMID: 158748

Abstract

Oligodeoxyribonucleotides complementary to the DNA of the wild type (wt) bacteriophage phi chi 174 have been synthesized by the phosphotriester method. The oligomers, 11, 14, and 17 bases long, are complementary to the region of the DNA which accounts for the am-3 point mutation. When hybridized to am-3 DNA, the oligonucleotides form duplexes with a single base pair mismatch. The thermal stability of the duplexes formed between wt and am-3 DNAs has been measured. The am-3 DNA:oligomer duplexes dissociate at a temperature about 10 degrees C lower than the corresponding wt DNA:oligomer duplexes. This dramatic decrease in thermal stability due to a single mismatch makes it possible to eliminate the formation of the mismatched duplexes by the appropriate choice of hybridization temperature. These results are discussed with respect to the use of oligonucleotides as probes for the isolation of specific cloned DNA sequences.

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