Compounds and method for representational selection of nucleic acids from complex mixtures using hybridization
First Claim
1. A method of selecting a representational sample of nucleic acid sequences from a mixture of nucleic acids, comprising:
- (a) obtaining a complex mixture of nucleic acids;
(b) providing a population of capture probes comprising nucleic acids complementary to nucleic acids comprising a predetermined portion of the nucleic acid sequences collectively present in the complex mixture of nucleic acids;
(c) contacting the complex mixture of nucleic acids with the capture probes under conditions sufficient for hybridization of the nucleic acids with the capture probes;
(d) removing unhybridized nucleic acids to separate desired sequences from undesired sequences within the mixture, thereby selecting a representational sample of nucleic acids, wherein the proportion of each sequence in the representational sample relative to all other sequences in the representational sample is substantially the same as the proportions of the sequences in the complex mixture;
(e) amplifying the nucleic acids in the representational sample to generate an amplified representational sample; and
(f) performing a sequence analysis of the amplified representational sample.
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Abstract
The invention provides a method of selecting a representational sample of nucleic acid sequences from a complex mixture. The method includes: (a) contacting a complex mixture of nucleic acids under conditions sufficient for hybridization with a population of capture probes complementary to one or more nucleic acids comprising a predetermined portion of the sequence collectively present in the complex mixture to form hybridization complexes of the one or more nucleic acids with the population of probes, the population of capture probes being attached to a solid support, and (b) removing unhybridized nucleic acids to select a representational sample of nucleic acids having a complexity of less than 10% but more than 0.001% of the complex mixture, wherein the representational sample comprises a nucleic acid copy having a proportion of each sequence in the copy relative to all other sequences in the copy substantially the same as the proportions of the sequences in the predetermined portion of one or more nucleic acids within the complex mixture. A method of selecting a representational sample of genomic sequences from a complete genome also is provided. The invention further provides a nucleic acid population that includes a representational sample having a complexity of less than 10% but more than 0.001% of a complex mixture, the representational sample comprising a nucleic acid copy having a proportion of each sequence in the copy relative to all other sequences in the copy substantially the same as the proportions of sequences in a predetermined portion of a sequence collectively present in one or more nucleic acids within the complex mixture.
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1. A method of selecting a representational sample of nucleic acid sequences from a mixture of nucleic acids, comprising:
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(a) obtaining a complex mixture of nucleic acids; (b) providing a population of capture probes comprising nucleic acids complementary to nucleic acids comprising a predetermined portion of the nucleic acid sequences collectively present in the complex mixture of nucleic acids; (c) contacting the complex mixture of nucleic acids with the capture probes under conditions sufficient for hybridization of the nucleic acids with the capture probes; (d) removing unhybridized nucleic acids to separate desired sequences from undesired sequences within the mixture, thereby selecting a representational sample of nucleic acids, wherein the proportion of each sequence in the representational sample relative to all other sequences in the representational sample is substantially the same as the proportions of the sequences in the complex mixture; (e) amplifying the nucleic acids in the representational sample to generate an amplified representational sample; and (f) performing a sequence analysis of the amplified representational sample. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of analyzing a complex mixture of nucleic acids comprising:
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(a) contacting a complex mixture of nucleic acids with a population of capture probes comprising nucleic acids complementary to nucleic acids comprising a predetermined portion of the nucleic acid sequences collectively present in the complex mixture of nucleic acids, under conditions sufficient for hybridization of the nucleic acids with the capture probes; (b) removing unhybridized nucleic acids to separate desired sequences from undesired sequences within the mixture, thereby selecting a representational sample of nucleic acids, wherein the proportion of each sequence in the representational sample relative to all other sequences in the representational sample is substantially the same as the proportions of the sequences in the complex mixture; (c) detecting individual nucleic acids in the representational sample to determine a sequence characteristic of the predetermined portion of the sequence collectively present in the complex mixture. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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