To identify the YAC subclones containing both a human insert and a portion of either the left or right arm of the pYAC4 vector. Identification of these clones is necessary in order to do YAC chromosome walking, and is also useful in the determination of whether a particular YAC clone has a contiguous human insert or whether a co-cloning event has occurred. Vector arm sequences are identified using pBR322 fragments from a BamHI-PvuII double digest. - [Read Identification of End Clones in YAC Subclone Libraries Protocol]
Many replacement vectors (e.g., the EMBL series, {lambda}2001, and {lambda}DASH) contain a series of restriction sites, arranged in opposite orientations, at each end of the central stuffer fragment. Digestion of these vectors with two different restriction enzymes yields left and right arms, a stuffer fragment, and short segments of the polycloning sites. These can easily be removed from the arms by differential precipitation with isopropanol or spun-column chromatography. - [Read Preparation of Bacteriophage lambda DNA Cleaved with Two Restriction Enzymes Protocol]
Semi-Quantitative Measurement of Proteins by Dot Blotting. Jun Takagi Springer Lab. Includes protein quantitation, nitrocellulose, antibody, chemiluminescence, peroxidase.