알팔파 근류에서 분리 정제한 $poly(A)^+$-mRNA로부터 leghemoglobin message 함유비율이 높은 9S, 18S 및 28S mRNA를 이용하여 cDNA를 합성하였다. 이들 cDNA를 Sal I linker에 연결 pBR322의 Sal I site에 크로닝하여 cDNA library를 만든 후 이들 library로부터 colony hybridization, Southern blot hybridization, hybrid-released 및 hybrid-arrestes translation에 의하여 leghemoglobin cDNA clone을 동정하였으며, 동정된 clone으로부터 alfalfa leghemoglobin cDNA의 제한효소 지도를 작성하였다.
Complementary DNAs were synthesized by the leghemoglobin message rich 9S, 18S and 28S-mRNA fractions prepared from the $poly(A)^+$-mRNA of alfalfa root nodules. The synthetic Sal I linkered double stranded cDNA was inserted into the Sal I site of the pBR322, and transformed in E. coli HB101. The leghemoglobin cDNA clones were screened by colony hybridization and Southern blot hybridization with the soybean leghemoglobin cDNA as a probe, and further screened by hybrid-released and hybrid-arrested translation. One alfalfa leghemoglobin cDNA clone was selected, and restriction map and fingerprints of the cDNA from the selected clone were analyzed.
