摘要:
Disclosed are methods of multiplexed analysis of oligonucleotides in a sample, including: methods of probe and target “engineering”, as well as methods of assay signal analysis relating to the modulation of the probe-target affinity constant, K by a variety of factors including the elastic properties of target strands and layers of immobilized (“grafted”) probes; and assay methodologies relating to: the tuning of assay signal intensities including dynamic range compression and on-chip signal amplification; the combination of hybridization-mediated and elongation-mediated detection for the quantitative determination of abundance of messages displaying a high degree of sequence similarity, including, for example, the simultaneous determination of the relative expression levels, and identification of the specific class of, untranslated AU-rich subsequences located near the 3′ terminus of mRNA; and a new method of subtractive differential gene expression analysis which requires only a single color label.
摘要:
The present invention provides methods for quality control of biochip manufacture, preferably where the substrate is a semiconductor and the biochip carries bio-functionalized microbeads.
摘要:
The present invention provides methods for quality control of biochip manufacture, preferably where the substrate is a semiconductor and the biochip carries bio-functionalized microbeads.
摘要:
A method of fragmentation of double stranded DNA is disclosed for use in nucleic acid analysis, notably in the multiplexed analysis of polymorphisms and mutations. The method produces a multiplicity of labeled sense and anti-sense fragments which are not complementary, and thus do not significantly re-anneal under conditions suitable for hybridization analysis (or capture-mediated elongation analysis) of the polymorphisms and/or mutations. The fragments display a desired or predicted length distribution. Cleavage sites can be selected such that the fragments are short, yet long enough to allow discrimination among fragments in an assay, and as a matter of statistical probability, such that the majority of fragments contain at least one labeled nucleotide to facilitate detection.
摘要:
Disclosed is a method of performing simulltaneous PCR amplification of several designated different loci in a sample each including a different target subsequence, using a set of pairs of forward and reverse primers, wherein the pairs are complementary to target subsequences, where different primer pairs are in different reaction chambers and the sample is also present in the reaction chambers, and wherein different primer pairs have different sequences. Different reaction chambers are provided different annealing temperatures, preferably at the same time, such that the annealing temperatures selected enhance annealing conditions for the primer pairs and the target subsequences within the reaction chambers. The method allows PCR to proceed more quickly, which is important to increase throughput in a multiplexed assay, and can be particularly important for HLA-typing in a transplantation setting.