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Rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) has widely been used to determine both ends of the cDNA from its partial sequence. Conventionally, 5′- and 3′-RACE products were ligated at a restriction site in the overlap region to reconstruct the full-length cDNA; however, reconstruction is difficult if no appropriate restriction enzymes are available. Here, we report a novel method to reconstruct full-length cDNA with DNA polymerase. Instead of usual PCR, chain reactions were avoided and the elongation time was shortened, which enables non-specific products or undesired point mutations to be minimized. We successfully reconstructed and TA-cloned a full-length cDNA of echinoderm microtubule-associated protein-like 4 (EML4)-anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) fusion gene variant 2 from RACE products obtained from a surgically resected lung adenocarcinoma sample. We also evaluated some parameters to provide recommendations for this new method.
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This work was supported by Mitsui Life Social Welfare Foundation, Japan Research Foundation for Clinical Pharmacology, and Takeda Science Foundation.
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Mitsuhiro Sunohara and Masanori Kawakami are contributed equally to this work.
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Sunohara, M., Kawakami, M., Kage, H. et al. Polymerase reaction without primers throughout for the reconstruction of full-length cDNA from products of rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE). Biotechnol Lett 33, 1301–1307 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10529-011-0580-1
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