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[[Image:PCR.png|500px|center|template extension using primers]]
[[Image:PCR.png|500px|center|template extension using primers]]
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By using two ~40nt oligonucleotides as primers, we can add 20 bp of sequence A to sequence B and 20 bp of sequence B to sequence A.  We are then ready to use Gibson Assembly.  The Cambridge team have developed [http://www.gibthon.org/ Gibthon] to help you design primers for Gibson Assembly.  The tool allows you to put in two sequences and choose 20bp of each to get a 40bp primer; it then analyses the melting temperature and secondary structure of this primer.
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If we wish to ligate two sequences called '''A''' and '''B''' (in that order) we need to ensure that there is an overlap of 40bp: i.e. the end of sequence A has the same 40 bp as the beginning of sequence B.
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We now perform two separate PCRs, one on A and one on B. The first adds the beginning 20 bp of B to sequence A by using a '''~40nt primer''' as detailed in the figure above (Note: the diagram shows both ends being extended -often necessary to perform multiple ligations at once). The second adds the final 20 bp of A to sequence B. The end of A and the beginning of B now are composed of the '''same 40bp sequence''' (end of A + beginning of B), and we are now ready to use Gibson Assembly.  
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The Cambridge team have developed [http://www.gibthon.org/ Gibthon] to help you design primers for Gibson Assembly.  The tool allows you to put in two sequences and choose 20bp of each to get a 40bp primer; it then analyses the melting temperature and secondary structure of this primer.
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*The end of sequence A with the extension now looks like
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.....endA+begB
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*The beginning of sequence B looks like
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endA+begB.......
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*This results in there now being a total overlap of 40bp between the two fragments, enough to perform Gibson assembly.
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== Gibson Assembly==
== Gibson Assembly==

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