templates, 800 μL of amplification was performed using 1X Hot
Start Taq 2X Master Mix (New England Biolabs), 0.5 μM each forward
and reverse primer, and 2.5 nM template (see
then subjected to 12 cycles of 95 °C for 40 s, 50 °C for
40 s, and 68 °C for 40 s.
For preparation of library pools
(
performed using 1 μM each template primer and reverse primer,
1X KOD Plus buffer (Toyobo), 0.02 U/μL KOD plus DNA polymerase,
0.2 mM dNTPs, and 1.5 mM MgSO4. The mixture was incubated
at 95 °C for 2 min and then subjected to six cycles of 95 °C
for 40 s, 60 °C for 40 s, and 68 °C for 60 s. The entire
extension mix was then amplified in an 800 μL reaction containing
1X Hot Start Taq 2X Master Mix (New England Biolabs), 250 nM FW primer,
and 250 nM reverse primer.
All PCR products were confirmed by
gel electrophoresis (E-Gel,
ThermoFisher Scientific), purified using the MinElute PCR Purification
Kit (Qiagen), and quantified by UV absorbance (NanoDrop).