Using a set of synthetic oligonucleotides homologous to broadly conserved sequences in-vitro amplification via the polymerase chain reaction followed by direct sequencing results in almost complete nucleotide determination of a gene coding for 16S ribosomal RNA. As a model system the nucleotide sequence of the 16S rRNA gene of M.kansasii was determined and found to be 98.7% homologous to that of M.bovis BCG. This is the first report on a contiguous sequence information of an entire amplified gene spanning 1.5 kb without any subcloning procedures.
cRNA from a PCR‐generated C5aR clone was prepared by in vitro transcription and microinjected into Xenopus laevis oocytes. Ligand‐induced whole cell current could be detected after co‐injection of cRNA for the C5aR with total RNA of the unstimulated U937 cell line, but not with either of the components injected alone. These data clearly demonstrate an absolute requirement of the C5aR for an additional human factor to become functionally expressed in Xenopus oocytes.
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