Construction and characterization of three wheat bacterial artificial chromosome libraries

Int J Mol Sci. 2014 Nov 28;15(12):21896-912. doi: 10.3390/ijms151221896.

Abstract

We have constructed three bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) libraries of wheat cultivar Triticum aestivum Wangshuibai, germplasms T. monococcum TA2026 and TA2033. A total of 1,233,792,170,880 and 263,040 clones were picked and arrayed in 384-well plates. On the basis of genome sizes of 16.8 Gb for hexaploid wheat and 5.6 Gb for diploid wheat, the three libraries represented 9.05-, 2.60-, and 3.71-fold coverage of the haploid genomes, respectively. An improved descending pooling system for BAC libraries screening was established. This improved strategy can save 80% of the time and 68% of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with the same successful rate as the universal 6D pooling strategy.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Chromosomes, Artificial, Bacterial / genetics*
  • DNA, Plant / genetics
  • Gene Library*
  • Genome, Plant
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Triticum / genetics*

Substances

  • DNA, Plant