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NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 20, Issue 1, Pages 76-81Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0102-76
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A general method was developed for the construction of a library of mutant genes. The method, termed random insertion/deletion (RID) mutagenesis, enables deletion of an arbitrary number of consecutive bases at random positions and, at the same time, insertion of a specific sequence or random sequences of an arbitrary number into the same position. The applicability of the RID mutagenesis was demonstrated by replacing three randomly selected consecutive bases by the Bg/ll recognition sequence (AGATCT) in the GFP(uv) gene. In addition, the randomly selected three bases were replaced by a mixture of 20 codons. These mutants were expressed in Escherichia coli, and those that showed fluorescence properties different from the wild-type GFP were selected. A yellow fluorescent protein and an enhanced green fluorescent protein, neither of which could be obtained by error-prone PCR mutagenesis, were found among the six mutants selected. Several mutants of the DsRed protein that show different fluorescence properties were also obtained.
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