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   Construction of genomic and cDNA libraries  
 
Institute of Lifelong Learning, University of Delhi 
 
 
 
Lesson Prepared Under MHRD project “ National Mission 
on Education Through ICT” 
 
Discipline: Botany 
Paper: Plant Biotechnology 
National Coordinator: Prof. S.C. Bhatla 
 
Lesson: Construction of genomic and cDNA libraries 
Lesson Developer:Dr. Vibha G. Checker 
Department/College:Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi 
 
Lesson Reviewer: Dr Manisha Agarwal 
Department/College: Genetics, UDSC 
Language Editor: Dr Namrata Dhaka 
Department/College:Genetics, UDSC 
Lesson Editor: Dr Rama Sisodia, Fellow in Botany ILLL 
 
 
 
 
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   Construction of genomic and cDNA libraries  
 
Institute of Lifelong Learning, University of Delhi 
 
 
 
Lesson Prepared Under MHRD project “ National Mission 
on Education Through ICT” 
 
Discipline: Botany 
Paper: Plant Biotechnology 
National Coordinator: Prof. S.C. Bhatla 
 
Lesson: Construction of genomic and cDNA libraries 
Lesson Developer:Dr. Vibha G. Checker 
Department/College:Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi 
 
Lesson Reviewer: Dr Manisha Agarwal 
Department/College: Genetics, UDSC 
Language Editor: Dr Namrata Dhaka 
Department/College:Genetics, UDSC 
Lesson Editor: Dr Rama Sisodia, Fellow in Botany ILLL 
 
 
 
 
   Construction of genomic and cDNA libraries  
 
Institute of Lifelong Learning, University of Delhi 
 
Table of Contents 
Chapter: Construction of genomic and cDNA libraries 
• Introduction 
• Genome and Genomics 
• DNA libraries are collection of cloned DNA fragments 
• Construction of Genomic library 
• How good is the constructed genomic library 
• Construction of a cDNA library 
• Genetic Selection of recombinants from the library 
• Genetic selection by antibiotic resistance  
• Genetic selection by blue white screening  
• Genetic selection by plaque morphology 
• Screening DNA libraries to obtain gene of interest  
• Colony Hybridization 
• Polymerase Chain Reaction 
• Immunological Screening  
• Complementation 
• An Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA)  
• Chemical synthesis of DNA Probes and DNA oligonucleotides 
• Summary 
• Exercise 
• Glossary 
• References 
 
 
 
 
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   Construction of genomic and cDNA libraries  
 
Institute of Lifelong Learning, University of Delhi 
 
 
 
Lesson Prepared Under MHRD project “ National Mission 
on Education Through ICT” 
 
Discipline: Botany 
Paper: Plant Biotechnology 
National Coordinator: Prof. S.C. Bhatla 
 
Lesson: Construction of genomic and cDNA libraries 
Lesson Developer:Dr. Vibha G. Checker 
Department/College:Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi 
 
Lesson Reviewer: Dr Manisha Agarwal 
Department/College: Genetics, UDSC 
Language Editor: Dr Namrata Dhaka 
Department/College:Genetics, UDSC 
Lesson Editor: Dr Rama Sisodia, Fellow in Botany ILLL 
 
 
 
 
   Construction of genomic and cDNA libraries  
 
Institute of Lifelong Learning, University of Delhi 
 
Table of Contents 
Chapter: Construction of genomic and cDNA libraries 
• Introduction 
• Genome and Genomics 
• DNA libraries are collection of cloned DNA fragments 
• Construction of Genomic library 
• How good is the constructed genomic library 
• Construction of a cDNA library 
• Genetic Selection of recombinants from the library 
• Genetic selection by antibiotic resistance  
• Genetic selection by blue white screening  
• Genetic selection by plaque morphology 
• Screening DNA libraries to obtain gene of interest  
• Colony Hybridization 
• Polymerase Chain Reaction 
• Immunological Screening  
• Complementation 
• An Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA)  
• Chemical synthesis of DNA Probes and DNA oligonucleotides 
• Summary 
• Exercise 
• Glossary 
• References 
 
 
 
 
   Construction of genomic and cDNA libraries  
 
Institute of Lifelong Learning, University of Delhi 
 
 
Introduction 
In this chapter, we shall discuss about the ways in which whole genome of an organism can 
be fragmented into small segments and cloned into vectors, for various purposes. 
 
 
 
Genome and Genomics 
 
Dr. Tom Roderick, a geneticist at the Jackson laboratory, China, coined the term "genomics" 
which refers to the study of entire genome of organisms to gain insights about its structure 
and function. The term "genome" originated from the German word ‘Genom’, and was first 
used by Hans Winkler. Genes present in all thechromosomes of a particular organism 
constitute its genome and the study of this total genetic material of an organism or species 
is called genomics.The study of genomics involves the use of various techniques of creating 
recombinant DNA and DNA sequencing in order to elucidate structure and function of 
genomes. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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   Construction of genomic and cDNA libraries  
 
Institute of Lifelong Learning, University of Delhi 
 
 
 
Lesson Prepared Under MHRD project “ National Mission 
on Education Through ICT” 
 
Discipline: Botany 
Paper: Plant Biotechnology 
National Coordinator: Prof. S.C. Bhatla 
 
Lesson: Construction of genomic and cDNA libraries 
Lesson Developer:Dr. Vibha G. Checker 
Department/College:Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi 
 
Lesson Reviewer: Dr Manisha Agarwal 
Department/College: Genetics, UDSC 
Language Editor: Dr Namrata Dhaka 
Department/College:Genetics, UDSC 
Lesson Editor: Dr Rama Sisodia, Fellow in Botany ILLL 
 
 
 
 
   Construction of genomic and cDNA libraries  
 
Institute of Lifelong Learning, University of Delhi 
 
Table of Contents 
Chapter: Construction of genomic and cDNA libraries 
• Introduction 
• Genome and Genomics 
• DNA libraries are collection of cloned DNA fragments 
• Construction of Genomic library 
• How good is the constructed genomic library 
• Construction of a cDNA library 
• Genetic Selection of recombinants from the library 
• Genetic selection by antibiotic resistance  
• Genetic selection by blue white screening  
• Genetic selection by plaque morphology 
• Screening DNA libraries to obtain gene of interest  
• Colony Hybridization 
• Polymerase Chain Reaction 
• Immunological Screening  
• Complementation 
• An Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA)  
• Chemical synthesis of DNA Probes and DNA oligonucleotides 
• Summary 
• Exercise 
• Glossary 
• References 
 
 
 
 
   Construction of genomic and cDNA libraries  
 
Institute of Lifelong Learning, University of Delhi 
 
 
Introduction 
In this chapter, we shall discuss about the ways in which whole genome of an organism can 
be fragmented into small segments and cloned into vectors, for various purposes. 
 
 
 
Genome and Genomics 
 
Dr. Tom Roderick, a geneticist at the Jackson laboratory, China, coined the term "genomics" 
which refers to the study of entire genome of organisms to gain insights about its structure 
and function. The term "genome" originated from the German word ‘Genom’, and was first 
used by Hans Winkler. Genes present in all thechromosomes of a particular organism 
constitute its genome and the study of this total genetic material of an organism or species 
is called genomics.The study of genomics involves the use of various techniques of creating 
recombinant DNA and DNA sequencing in order to elucidate structure and function of 
genomes. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Construction of genomic and cDNA libraries  
 
Institute of Lifelong Learning, University of Delhi 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
DNA libraries are collection of cloned DNA fragments 
 
Source:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvjeCxVu2dI 
DNA cloning is a technique to construct recombinant DNA molecules. Desired DNA 
fragmentis inserted with a vector molecule which serves as a means to propagate the 
cloned DNA within the cell. DNA library is a large collection of all the sequences from a 
specific cell/ tissue/ organism cloned into a suitable vector. Just like a book library is a 
collection of books where specific books for varioussubjects can be searched, researchers 
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   Construction of genomic and cDNA libraries  
 
Institute of Lifelong Learning, University of Delhi 
 
 
 
Lesson Prepared Under MHRD project “ National Mission 
on Education Through ICT” 
 
Discipline: Botany 
Paper: Plant Biotechnology 
National Coordinator: Prof. S.C. Bhatla 
 
Lesson: Construction of genomic and cDNA libraries 
Lesson Developer:Dr. Vibha G. Checker 
Department/College:Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi 
 
Lesson Reviewer: Dr Manisha Agarwal 
Department/College: Genetics, UDSC 
Language Editor: Dr Namrata Dhaka 
Department/College:Genetics, UDSC 
Lesson Editor: Dr Rama Sisodia, Fellow in Botany ILLL 
 
 
 
 
   Construction of genomic and cDNA libraries  
 
Institute of Lifelong Learning, University of Delhi 
 
Table of Contents 
Chapter: Construction of genomic and cDNA libraries 
• Introduction 
• Genome and Genomics 
• DNA libraries are collection of cloned DNA fragments 
• Construction of Genomic library 
• How good is the constructed genomic library 
• Construction of a cDNA library 
• Genetic Selection of recombinants from the library 
• Genetic selection by antibiotic resistance  
• Genetic selection by blue white screening  
• Genetic selection by plaque morphology 
• Screening DNA libraries to obtain gene of interest  
• Colony Hybridization 
• Polymerase Chain Reaction 
• Immunological Screening  
• Complementation 
• An Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA)  
• Chemical synthesis of DNA Probes and DNA oligonucleotides 
• Summary 
• Exercise 
• Glossary 
• References 
 
 
 
 
   Construction of genomic and cDNA libraries  
 
Institute of Lifelong Learning, University of Delhi 
 
 
Introduction 
In this chapter, we shall discuss about the ways in which whole genome of an organism can 
be fragmented into small segments and cloned into vectors, for various purposes. 
 
 
 
Genome and Genomics 
 
Dr. Tom Roderick, a geneticist at the Jackson laboratory, China, coined the term "genomics" 
which refers to the study of entire genome of organisms to gain insights about its structure 
and function. The term "genome" originated from the German word ‘Genom’, and was first 
used by Hans Winkler. Genes present in all thechromosomes of a particular organism 
constitute its genome and the study of this total genetic material of an organism or species 
is called genomics.The study of genomics involves the use of various techniques of creating 
recombinant DNA and DNA sequencing in order to elucidate structure and function of 
genomes. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Construction of genomic and cDNA libraries  
 
Institute of Lifelong Learning, University of Delhi 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
DNA libraries are collection of cloned DNA fragments 
 
Source:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvjeCxVu2dI 
DNA cloning is a technique to construct recombinant DNA molecules. Desired DNA 
fragmentis inserted with a vector molecule which serves as a means to propagate the 
cloned DNA within the cell. DNA library is a large collection of all the sequences from a 
specific cell/ tissue/ organism cloned into a suitable vector. Just like a book library is a 
collection of books where specific books for varioussubjects can be searched, researchers 
   Construction of genomic and cDNA libraries  
 
Institute of Lifelong Learning, University of Delhi 
 
use a DNA library to isolate specific genes.  DNA libraries are important source of DNA for 
genome sequencing, gene identificationand functional analysis.Broadly two different types 
of DNA libraries can be constructed depending upon the source of starting DNA: 
(A) Genomic library 
(B) cDNA library 
When the source of starting DNA is complete genomic DNA of a particular organism, the 
DNA library is called a genomic library. It therefore representsat least one copy of every 
gene in an organism’s genome. Theoretically,the genomic DNA is digested with restriction 
enzymes and all the generated fragments are cloned into suitable vectors and these vectors 
are transferred to host cells by transformation. These transformed cells represent genomic 
library,i.e. collection of atleast one copy of all the sequences present in the genome.  
 
This type of library can be used for many purposes: 
? To generate DNA for sequencing a genome, 
? To investigate the structure of a given chromosome, 
? To study the untranslated regions of a gene including promoter or introns and 
? To clone smaller genes.  
 
The DNA sequences in this type of library contain coding and non-coding sequences; 
therefore these genomic libraries are more suited to represent the genetic constitution of 
simpler organisms like bacteria or yeast. The genes of higher eukaryotes contain intron 
sequences (usually larger than exons), which makes genes of higher eukaryotes too large to 
be inserted intact into vectors. Consequently, the complete DNA sequence of a given gene is 
represented in more than one clone. Many a times, DNA inserts in cloning vectors do  not 
contain sequence of coding region of the DNA but contain non coding region of the gene,as 
a result it becomes difficult to identify coding regions of a gene that encodes protein 
sequences. 
 
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1. What is a genomic library?
Ans. A genomic library is a collection of DNA fragments that represent the entire genome of an organism. It is created by cutting the genomic DNA into fragments and inserting them into a vector, such as a bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) or a phage. This library allows researchers to study and analyze specific genes or sequences of interest.
2. What is a cDNA library?
Ans. A cDNA library is a collection of complementary DNA (cDNA) fragments that are synthesized from mRNA molecules. It represents the expressed genes in a specific cell or tissue at a given time. The cDNA library is created by reverse transcribing mRNA into cDNA and then inserting it into a vector. This library is useful for studying gene expression patterns and identifying genes that are active in specific conditions.
3. How are genomic libraries constructed?
Ans. Genomic libraries are constructed by isolating genomic DNA from the organism of interest and then cutting it into smaller fragments using restriction enzymes. These fragments are then inserted into a vector, such as a BAC or a phage, which can be propagated in bacteria. The vectors are then introduced into host cells, such as bacteria, to create a library of clones containing different genomic fragments. This library can be used for various applications, such as gene mapping or sequencing.
4. What are the advantages of using cDNA libraries?
Ans. Using cDNA libraries has several advantages. Firstly, cDNA libraries only contain sequences that are actively transcribed, allowing researchers to focus on genes that are expressed in specific conditions or tissues. Secondly, cDNA libraries can provide information about gene expression patterns and help identify genes involved in specific biological processes. Lastly, cDNA libraries can be used to study alternative splicing and post-transcriptional modifications of genes.
5. How are genomic and cDNA libraries used in botany research?
Ans. Genomic and cDNA libraries are extensively used in botany research. Genomic libraries help in identifying and characterizing genes involved in various plant processes, such as growth, development, and response to environmental stimuli. They can also be used for genetic mapping and marker development. On the other hand, cDNA libraries are used to study gene expression patterns, identify genes involved in specific plant pathways or responses, and study the regulation of gene expression in different plant tissues or under different conditions. Both types of libraries are valuable tools for understanding the genetic basis of plant biology.
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