ND STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY LOOSELEAF GENETICS: FROM GENES TO GENOMES
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Author: HARTWELL, Leland, HOOD, Leroy, Goldberg, Michael
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education/stony Brook University
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Chapter 11, Problem 36P
In the high-throughput DNA sequencing protocol shown in Fig. 11.24:
| a. What is the purpose of adding poly-A to fragments of single-stranded genomic DNA, and why is the poly-A added to the 3′ end of these fragments? |
| b. Why at the end of every synthesis cycle do you need to remove the fluorescent tag on the incorporated |
| c. Why do the incorporated nucleotides have a blocking group, and why does this blocking group need to be removed each cycle? |
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