A new nonisotopic detection method based on time-resolved fluorescence for nucleic acid hybridization assays with alkaline phosphatase labels has been developed: enzyme-amplified lanthanide luminescence (EALL). EALL combines the amplification of an enzyme label with the sensitivity and background elimination of time-resolved fluorescence detection of lanthanide ion luminescence. The detection s...

Two Pseudomonas strains were engineered to contain the nptII gene and plasmid vector sequences in their chromosomes. After incubation of these strains in nonsterile soil, total bacterial DNA was isolated and analyzed by Southern blot hybridization with the nptII gene and the plasmid vector as probes. In addition to the expected bands of hybridization, a new band corresponding to the loss of vec...

We used mouse-Chinese hamster somatic cell hybrids which lose mouse chromosomes to examine the distribution of murine leukemia virus DNA sequences in the genome of A/HeJ mice. We analyzed total cellular DNA from various hybrid clones for the presence of viral sequences by molecular hybridization and used the Southern blot hybridization procedure to identify viral DNA in cellular restriction end...

Immunoscreening of a mycelial expression library with polyclonal antibodies raised against mycelial cell wall resulted in the detection of a cDNA encoding a heat shock protein of Candida albicans. Sequence analysis of a 0.8-kb cDNA subclone, 2M-1, revealed an open reading frame encoding 244 amino acids. Southern blot analysis with this fragment as a probe demonstrated hybridization to C. albica...

A myeloid-related sequence (mrs) has previously been identified that is highly expressed in selected subpopulations of myeloid leukocytes. Nucleotide sequence analysis indicates that mrs encodes what is apparently a unique 93-amino acid protein that includes an 1 8-amino acid leader sequence. Hybridization of an mrs cDNA probe to a Southern blot made from somatic cell hybrid DNAs shows 100% con...

A repetitive DNA element was obtained from a crayfish genomic library while attempting to isolate the gene for the pigment concentrating hormone (PCH) with an oligonucleotide probe. The probe was directed to the coding region of the octapeptidic hormone deduced from the amino acid sequence of PCH (1). The isolated clone contained a 14 nucleotide sequence tandemly repeated 30 times; eleven nucle...

We describe a simple approach for detecting beta-thalassemia mutations in geographic areas such as southern China where multiple mutations are known to occur. Segments of the beta-globin gene were amplified in vitro by using the polymerase chain reaction. Dot blot hybridization of the amplified DNA with oligonucleotide probes corresponding to the six mutations found in southern China could dire...

We present the first complete map of the Haemophilus influenzae genome, consisting of a detailed restriction map with a number of genetic loci. All of the ApaI, SmaI, and RsrII restriction sites (total of 45 sites) were mapped by Southern blot hybridization analysis of fragments separated by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Cloned genes were placed on the restriction map by Southern hybridizat...