dideoxyribonucleotide

dideoxyribonucleotide

a modified deoxyribonucleotide that lacks the 3' hydroxyl (3'-OH) group of the SUGAR component, DEOXYRIBOSE. This group is needed for the next nucleotide to attach to a growing POLYNUCLEOTIDE CHAIN during DNA synthesis. Thus if a dideoxyribonucleotide becomes incorporated into a polynucleotide chain, instead of the normal deoxyribonucleotide, it prevents further chain elongation and termination occurs instead. A dideoxyribonucleotide can be used as a chain terminator in DNA SEQUENCING techniques that depend upon the controlled interruption of DNA synthesis. See NUCLEOTIDE.
Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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Amplicons were sequenced by using the same primers applied for the RT-PCR cycling and the ABI PRISM Dye Terminator Kit (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA, USA) by using the dideoxyribonucleotide chain terminator method (11).
Molecular epidemiology of Oropouche Virus, Brazil
The PCR products are then used as templates for extension of SBE primers with dideoxyribonucleotide triphosphates (ddNTPs) attached to a biotin moiety.
[4] Nonstandard abbreviations: SNP, single-nucleotide polymorphism; SPC, solid-phase capture; SBE, single-base extension; CYP450, cytochrome P450; NCBI, National Center for Biotechnology Information; ddNTP, dideoxyribonucleotide triphosphate.
Multiplex genotyping of cytochrome P450 single-nucleotide polymorphisms by use of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry
Amplicons were direct sequenced in an automated sequencer (AB1377, Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA, USA) using the Kit ABI PRISM Dye Terminator (Applied Biosystems) by the dideoxyribonucleotide chain terminator method (11).
Oropouche virus isolation, Southeast Brazil
In minisequencing, a primer anneals to a DNA template immediately upstream of a mutation site to be analyzed and is extended by a single base as a result of incorporating a dideoxyribonucleotide triphosphate (ddNTP) (3).
Rapid, simultaneous genotyping of five common Southeast Asian [beta]-thalassemia mutations by multiplex minisequencing and denaturing HPLC
In minisequencing, a primer is hybridized to DNA next to a variant nucleotide site and extended with DNA polymerase by a single appropriate dideoxyribonucleotide triphosphate (ddNTP) that matches the nucleotide at the target site.
[6] Nonstandard abbreviations: ARMS, amplification refractory mutation system; ddNTP, dideoxyribonucleotide triphosphate; and SAP, shrimp alkaline phosphatase
Multiplex minisequencing screen for common Southeast Asian and Indian [beta]-Thalassemia mutations

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