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Method of DNA sequencing using cleavable tags

  • US 20030008285A1
  • Filed: 06/29/2001
  • Published: 01/09/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of determining the sequence of a nucleic acid, comprising steps of:

  • (a) hybridizing an oligonucleotide to a single stranded DNA, wherein the oligonucleotide is complementary to at least a portion of the single stranded DNA;

    (b) providing a DNA polymerase and four deoxynucleotide triphosphates (dNTPs) comprising dATP, dGTP, dCTP, and dTTP, wherein each dNTP is 3′

    -end labeled with a cleavable tag (cdNTP) that distinguishes it from the other cdNTPs;

    (c) extending the single stranded DNA hybridized to the oligonucleotide by one complementary end-labeled cdNTP in a polymerase extension reaction, wherein the tag on the extended cdNTP blocks further extension by the DNA polymerase;

    (d) cleaving the tag from the complementary cdNTP; and

    (e) detecting the tag, thereby identifying the complementary dNTP.

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