Malaria Full-Length cDNA Project (P.falciparum)
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Malaria Full-Length cDNA project


2.Construction of Full-length cDNA Library

Schematic representation of the "Oligo-capping" method

The cap structure of the mRNA is replaced with a 5'-oligo by the "Oligo-capping" method, which consists of three enzymatic reaction steps. Bacterial alkaline phosphatase (BAP) hydrolyses the phosphate of truncated mRNA 5'-ends whose cap structures have been broken down. Tobacco acid pyrophosphatase (TAP) removes the cap structure, leaving the phosphate at the 5'-end. T4 RNA ligase, which requires a phosphate at the 5'-end as its substrate, selectively ligates the 5'-oligo to the 5'-end that originally had the cap structure.

Oligo-capping

Schematic Representation of "Oligo-capping"

  1. Background
  2. Construction of Malaria Full-Length cDNA Library
  3. Current Status
  4. Experimental Procedures
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