RPCI - 23 Female (C57BL/6J) Mouse BAC Library


The RPCI-23 BAC Library has been constructed in our laboratory by Kazutoyo Osegawa and Minako Tateno*.  Female C57BL/6J mouse kidney and/or brain genomic DNA was isolated and partially digested with a combination of EcoRI and EcoRI Methylase.  Size selected DNA was cloned between the pBACe3.6 vector at the EcoRI sites.  The ligation products were transformed into DH10B electrocompetent cells (BRL Life Technologies).   The library has been arrayed into 384-well microtiter dishes and also gridded onto 22x22cm nylon high-density filters for screening by probe hybridization.  Each hybridization membrane represents over 18,000 distinct mouse BAC clones, stamped in duplicate.

 

The RPCI-23 C57BL/6J Mouse BAC Library:

Segments Cloning Vector DNA Plate Numbers Total Plates Total Clones Empty Walls (Total)
1 pBACe3.6 Female (kidney/brain) 1-240 240 80661 1717
2 pBACe3.6 Female (kidney/brain) 241-480 240 89973 2207
Total Library       480 170634 3924

 

Segments % Empty Walls Non-Recombinant Clones (Total) Non-Recombinant Clones (%) Insert Size (average) Genomic Coverage
1 1.9 approx. 10523 11.3 198 Kbp 5.3X
2 2.4 approx. 1211 1.3 197 Kbp 5.9X
Total Library 2.1 approx. 11734 6.8 197 Kbp 11.2X

click here for a legend of the previous tables.

Data on the RPCI-23 clone average insert size has been determined by Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis.  Clone size distribution has been plotted graphically.

Reference: Osoegawa, K. et al. (2000) Bacterial Artificial Chromosome Libraries for Mouse Sequencing and Functional   Analysis. Genome Research 10: 116-128
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*Visiting scientist supported by the RIKEN Institute, permanent address:
        Minako Tateno
        RIKEN Tsukuba Life Science Center
        Genome Science Laboratory
        3-1-1 Koyadai Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 Japan