Genomic library construction
Compositions and methods for amplifying nucleic acid sequences from a single cell are provided. Compositions and methods for constructing a genomic library from a single cell are also provided.
1. A method of amplifying a nucleic acid sequence from a single cell comprising:
amplifying a nucleic acid sequence from a single cell to produce an amplified nucleic acid sequence; and
contacting said amplified nucleic acid sequence with phi-29 DNA polymerase, S1 nuclease and a DNA polymerase having a 5′ exonuclease activity.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said nucleic acid sequence is genomic DNA.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said single cell is a bacterial cell.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein said amplifying is by multiple displacement amplification.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said contacting occurs in the following order:
a) contacting said amplified nucleic acid sequence with phi-29 DNA polymerase;
b) contacting said amplified nucleic acid sequence with S1 nuclease; and
c) contacting said amplified nucleic acid sequence with a DNA polymerase having a 5′ exonuclease activity.
6. A method of reducing hyperbranched nucleic acid sequences in an amplified nucleic acid sequence from a single cell comprising:
amplifying a nucleic acid sequence from the single cell to produce an amplified nucleic acid sequence; and
contacting said amplified nucleic acid sequence with phi-29 DNA polymerase, S1 nuclease and a DNA polymerase having a 5′ exonuclease activity to reduce hyperbranched nucleic acid sequences in the amplified nucleic acid sequence,
such that the amount of hyperbranched nucleic acid sequences in the amplified nucleic acid sequence after contacting is reduced relative to the amount of hyperbranched nucleic acid sequences in the amplified nucleic acid sequence before contacting.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein said nucleic acid sequence is genomic DNA.
8. The method of claim 6 , wherein said amplifying is by multiple displacement amplification.
9. The method of claim 6 , wherein said single cell is a prokaryotic cell or a eukaryotic cell.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein said prokaryotic cell is a bacterial cell.
11. The method of claim 9 , wherein said eukaryotic cell is selected from the group consisting of a yeast cell, an insect cell and a mammalian cell.
12. A method of reducing an amount of chimeric nucleic acid sequences present in cloned DNA comprising:
amplifying a nucleic acid sequence to produce an amplified nucleic acid sequence;
contacting said amplified nucleic acid sequence with phi-29 DNA polymerase, S1 nuclease and a DNA polymerase having a 5′ exonuclease activity;
placing said amplified nucleic acid sequence into a vector; and
cloning said vector,
such that the amount of chimeric nucleic acid sequences present in the amplified nucleic acid sequence after contacting is reduced relative to the amount of chimeric nucleic acid sequences present in the amplified nucleic acid sequence before contacting.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein said nucleic acid sequence that is amplified is genomic DNA.
14. The method of claim 12 , wherein said amplifying is by multiple displacement amplification.
15. A method of constructing a genomic library comprising:
obtaining genomic DNA from a single cell;
amplifying said genomic DNA to produce amplified genomic DNA;
contacting said amplified genomic DNA with phi-29 DNA polymerase, S1 nuclease and a DNA polymerase having a 5′ exonuclease activity;
placing said amplified genomic DNA into two or more vectors; and
transforming each of said vectors into a competent cell.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein said amplifying is by multiple displacement amplification.
17. The method of claim 15 , wherein said single cell is a prokaryotic cell or a eukaryotic cell.
18. The method of claim 17 , wherein said prokaryotic cell is a bacterial cell.
19. The method of claim 17 , wherein said eukaryotic cell is selected from the group consisting of a yeast cell, an insect cell and a mammalian cell.
20. A method of determining genome diversity between two cells comprising:
constructing a first genomic library according to claim 15 for a first cell;
constructing a second genomic library according to claim 15 for a second cell;
sequencing at least a portion of the first genomic library to obtain a first genomic sequence;
sequencing at least a portion of the second genomic library to obtain a second genomic sequence; and
comparing the first genomic sequence and the second genomic sequence to determine genome diversity.
21. The method of claim 1 wherein the DNA polymerase is DNA polymerase I.
22. The method of claim 6 wherein the DNA polymerase is DNA polymerase I.
23. The method of claim 12 wherein the DNA polymerase is DNA polymerase I.
24. The method of claim 15 wherein the DNA polymerase is DNA polymerase I.