I am using lentiviral mirna overexpression library. In order to detect mirna inserted into genomic DNA, I use the primers that were included in the manual coming with the library.
If I do a pcr on a genomic DNA from cells transduced with a single mirna construct, I obtain nice clear sharp band.
If I do a pcr on a genomic DNA from cells transduced with library, of course, I expect to obtain many products and many different sizes since inserted mirna constructs differ in length ( but the product still should be within range 500-600bp). Unfortunately, I see on gel additional band of size around 300bp. I do not understand why I see it only with library but not a single construct, overexpression plasmid is the same...and how could I get rid of this unspecific band from my pcr. I tried temperature gradient and the band gets weaker but still there...
I will be very grateful for any advices!
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mirna overexpression/ library versus single construct/ unspecific pcr
Started by Misiania, Jan 05 2011 12:04 AM
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Posted 11 January 2011 - 08:10 PM
Are you sure the unexpected ~300 bp band is non-specific, not from some shorten miRNA constructs? How about sequencing the band to find out?
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Posted 12 January 2011 - 11:57 PM
Hi! I contacted the manufacturer and they say that actually there can be premirna constructs of 300bp, so now I will definitely cut it and sequence. All my confusion was coming from the fact that the manual says that premirna constructs are between 500 and 600bp so I did not expect that there should be anything smaller than that. THanks a lot, now I have 2 independent advices: lets do a sequencing!
