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NATURE PROTOCOLS
Volume 1, Issue 4, Pages 2037-2047Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2006.318
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Mitochondrial DNA ( mtDNA) mutations are responsible for mitochondrial diseases in numerous patients. But, until now, no rapid method was available for the identification of unknown deleterious point mutations. Here, we describe a new strategy for the rapid identification of heteroplasmic mtDNA mutations using mismatch-specific Surveyor Nuclease. This protocol involves the following three steps: (i) PCR amplification of the entire human mitochondrial genome in 17 overlapping fragments; (ii) localization of mtDNA mismatch(es) after digestion of the 17 amplicons by Surveyor Nuclease; and (iii) identification of the mutation by sequencing the region containing the mismatch. This Surveyor Nuclease-based strategy allows a systematic screening of the entire mtDNA to identify a mutation within 2 days. It represents an important diagnostic approach for mitochondrial diseases that can be routinely used in molecular diagnostic laboratories.
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