T-DNA insertional mutagenesis is a powerful tool in functional genomics research. Previous studies have developed thermal asymmetric interlaced polymerase chain reaction (TAIL-PCR) as an efficient strategy in isolation of DNA sequences adjacent to known sequences in T-DNA tagged mutants. However, a number of problems are encountered when attempts are made to clone flanking sequences in T-DNA tagged mutants. Therefore, it is necessary to improve the efficiency of cloning mutagenesis. Here, we present the most frequent problems and provide an improved method to increase TAIL-PCR efficiency. Even then, it is not always possible to successfully obtain flanking sequences; in such cases, we recommend using high-throughput sequencing to determine the mutations.
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