ACTA VETERINARIA ET ZOOTECHNICA SINICA ›› 2006, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (8): 804-808.doi:

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Construction and Characterization of a cDNA Library for Male Adult Ascaris suum

DENG Yan;WEI Dong-xia; WU Shao-qiang; LIN Rui-qing;SONG Hui-qun;
ZHU Xing-quan   

  1. College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
  • Received:1900-01-01 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2006-08-25 Published:2006-08-25

Abstract: The objective of the present study was to construct a cDNA library for male adult of Ascaris suum with SMART(switching mechanism at 5′end of RNA transcript) technique using CreatorTM SMARTTM cDNA library construction kit. The total RNA was extracted from A. suum male adult using TriPure isolation reagent and mRNA was purified using Poly(A)PuristTM kit. Single-strand cDNA was synthesized using PowerScriptTM reverse transcriptase, and then doublestrand cDNA was synthesized and amplified by longdistance PCR (LD-PCR). The PCR products were digested by proteinase K and purified. After digestion with SfiⅠ and size fractionation using CHROMA SPIN-400TM columns, SMART cDNA was ligated to the Sfi I-digested, dephosphorylated pDNR-LIB vector. The ligation mixture was transformed into E.coli DH5α by electroporation. The constructed cDNA library contained 7.26×105 independent clones. The recombination rate was 96.7%. The average cDNA insert size was 1 kb. After the library was amplified, its capacity was 6.359×109 cfu/mL. A cDNA library for A. suum male adult was successfully constructed using SMART technology, which provides foundation for the screening and isolation of male-specific genes from A. suum.