摘要:
A novel method is provided to assay at least one nucleic acid. According to this method, a nucleic acid polymerization reaction is conducted in a nucleic acid polymerization reaction system, which contains (A) the at least one nucleic acid as a template, (B) at least one nucleotide monomer labeled with at least one label selected from the group consisting of (a) fluorescent dyes, (b) quenchers and (c) immune related substances with a fluorescent dye or quencher contained therein, and (C) at least one nucleic acid-synthesizing enzyme . The template nucleic acid or a nucleic acid, which has been synthesized using the template nucleic acid as a template, is then assayed from a change or an amount of a change in an optical character of the nucleic acid polymerization system. This method makes it possible to specifically and accurately assay at least one nucleic acid, which is contained in a single system and can be an unknown nucleic acid and/or a known nucleic acid, with excellent sensitivity, in short time and with ease.
摘要:
Nucleic acid probes are provided, each of which is formed of a single-stranded oligonucleotide which can hybridize to a target nucleic acid and is labeled with a fluorescent dye or with a fluorescent dye and a quencher substance. The nucleic acid probes can be easily designed, permit determination, polymorphous analysis or real-time quantitative PCR of nucleic acids in short time, and are not dissociated during reactions. Nucleic acid determination methods, polymorphous analysis methods and real-time quantitative PCR methods, which make use of the nucleic acid probes, are also provided.
摘要:
A novel nucleic acid probe for simultaneously assaying nucleic acids with a simple apparatus in case where one or more nucleic acids are present in the assay system, characterized in that, in a single-stranded nucleic acid probe labeled with a plural number of fluorescent pigments so as to form at least one pair of fluorescent pigments causing the FRET phenomenon (i.e., a fluorescent pigment capable of serving as a donor pigment and another fluorescent pigment capable of serving as an acceptor pigment), the base sequence is designed so that the fluorescent intensity of the acceptor pigment is weakened when the probe is hybridized with the target nucleic acids, and the above pigments are labeled.
摘要:
[Problems] To provide a novel mixture for assaying a target nucleic acid, characterized by enabling a nucleic acid assay while: 1) requiring no step of diluting the target nucleic acid; 2) requiring no procedure of changing a probe concentration depending on a concentration of the target nucleic acid. [Means for Solving Problems] 1) A mixture which comprises one internal standard nucleic acid and two nucleic acid probes labeled with a fluorescent dye; 2) a mixture for measuring Km value which comprises one internal standard nucleic acid having a partial mutation and one nucleic acid probe labeled with a fluorescent dye; 3)a mixture which comprises one internal standard nucleic acid and one double nucleic acid probe labeled with two fluorescent dyes; and a method for assaying a nucleic acid by making use thereof.
摘要:
A method is provided for determining a concentration of a target nucleic acid by using a nucleic acid probe labeled with a fluorescent dye. The method comprises: providing, as the probe, a nucleic acid probe capable of reducing fluorescence emission from the fluorescent dye when hybridized with the target nucleic acid; hybridizing the probe to the target nucleic acid; and measuring a decrease in fluorescence emission from the fluorescent dye after the hybridization relative to fluorescence emission from the fluorescent dye before the hybridization.
摘要:
(1) A novel nucleic acid probe comprising a single-stranded oligonucleotide labeled with a fluorescent dye such that, when the nucleic acid probe is hybridized with a target nucleic acid, the intensity of fluorescence in a hybridization reaction system decreases after a hybridization reaction, and (2) a novel nucleic acid probe comprising a single-stranded oligonucleotide labeled with a fluorescent dye and a quencher substance such that the intensity of fluorescence in a hybridization reaction system increases after a hybridization reaction, the latter oligonucleotide forming no stem-loop structure between bases at positions where the oligonucleotide is labeled with the fluorescent dye and the quencher substance, respectively; various determination kits and DNA chips making use of these probes; method for determining nucleic acids, polymorphous analysis methods and real-time quantitative PCR methods, all of which make use of the determination kits or DNA chips.
摘要:
A method is provided for determining a concentration of a target nucleic acid by using a nucleic acid probe labeled with a fluorescent dye. The method comprises:
providing, as the probe, a nucleic acid probe capable of reducing fluorescence emission from the fluorescent dye when hybridized with the target nucleic acid; hybridizing the probe to the target nucleic acid; and measuring a decrease in fluorescence emission from the fluorescent dye after the hybridization relative to fluorescence emission from the fluorescent dye before the hybridization.