Abstract
Conjugates of oligonucleotides and alkaline phosphatase have been prepared and used as nonradioactive hybridization probes for the study ofPis3 (=MPI) a gene encoding a proteinase inhibitor fromZea mays. Attachment of the alkaline phosphatase was carried out either at the 5′ or 3′ end of two 25-bp oligonucleotides. Sensitivity of each alkaline phosphatase-oligonucleotide probe was assessed using a chemiluminescent substrate for detection of alkaline phosphatase activity. This sensitive method allows the rapid analysis of genomic clones isolated from aZea mays library and the subsequent characterization of the completePis3 gene without the need for construction of restriction maps for the cloned DNA fragments. This general strategy may be valuable for the identification of any gene for which a limited sequence is known and for location of specific DNA sequences that represent a small region within a larger DNA fragment.
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