Construction of Two Highly Efficient pUC18 T-vectors

Two T vectors were generated by restriction endonuclease Xcm Ⅰ instead of Taq or other DNA polymerases to create the 3'T over hangs.A fragment of adenoviral genome position 10659-11865 was amplified by PCR and Xcm Ⅰ recognition sites were introduced to both ends of the PCR product.This fragment was cloned into the Sma Ⅰ site of pUC18 or the linearized pUC18 with its polylinker deleted.The recombinant plamids were cleaved with Xcm Ⅰ.the larger fragments generated which had 3'T over hangs at both ends were used as T vctors.Genes of rotavirus VP7 and the plasminogen k5 were successfully cloned into these two T vectors with recombination efficiency (recombinants/transformants×100%) of 100%,no blue/white clolny screening assay was needed.