Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to G Polner.
A new algorithm is proposed to determine the type-II restriction endonucleases' recognition site knowing the digested DNA sequence and fragment lengths in an actual case. The algorithm is implemented for the Commodore 64 microcomputer.
Computer programs are described, which facilitate the construction of the restriction site (physical) map of DNA molecules. By knowing the length of each fragment and its degree of error in the single and the double restriction enzyme digestions, the programs give all the possibilities for the physical map. This method is applicable to linear DNA molecules. Several examples are presented which indicate the high efficiency of the programs in constructing restriction site maps for the 62 Kb chromosome of bacteriophage 16-3. We have constructed complex maps (i.e. EcoRI map with 16 and EcoRV with 11 fragments).
Restriction cleavage maps for enzymes EcoRI, BamHI, PstI, PvuII, XbaI and EcoRV of Rhizobium meliloti temperate phage 16-3 have been established. Together with the earlier maps (HindIII, KpnI, HpaI, BglII) 98 restriction sites, 'evenly' distributed, have been mapped along the phage genome, including the so far unmarked silent region of the chromosome. All the restriction maps have been fitted to each other by computer optimalization. Beyond for conventional techniques a computer program (PMAP) for physical mapping of linear DNA has been employed which made the experimentation, in several cases, extremely efficient.