Methods and compositions for nucleic acid amplification
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1. A plurality of oligonucleotides, the plurality comprising (a) a first oligonucleotide having a 5′
- terminus and a 3′
terminus and comprising an A subsequence and a B subsequence, wherein said B subsequence is provided at the 3′
terminus of said first oligonucleotide, and wherein the B subsequence hybridizes to a target nucleic acid sequence and the A subsequence does not hybridize to said target nucleic acid sequence; and
(b) a second oligonucleotide having a 5′
terminus and a 3′
terminus, the second oligo nucleotide comprising said A subsequence at its 3′
terminus.
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Abstract
A plurality of oligonucleotides are provided having use in the amplification of target nucleic acid sequences. The oligonucleotides are used in simultaneous amplification of a multiplicity of nucleic acid sequences, providing a more balanced amplification of all target sequences. The oligonucleotides also provides a reaction system for the amplification of nucleic acid targets, and provide a method for selectively detecting one or more target nucleic acid sequences in a population of nucleic acid molecules, as well as a method for detecting a single nucleotide polymorphism in a population of nucleic acid molecules.
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1. A plurality of oligonucleotides, the plurality comprising
(a) a first oligonucleotide having a 5′ - terminus and a 3′
terminus and comprising an A subsequence and a B subsequence, wherein said B subsequence is provided at the 3′
terminus of said first oligonucleotide, and wherein the B subsequence hybridizes to a target nucleic acid sequence and the A subsequence does not hybridize to said target nucleic acid sequence; and
(b) a second oligonucleotide having a 5′
terminus and a 3′
terminus, the second oligo nucleotide comprising said A subsequence at its 3′
terminus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A reaction system for selectively detecting one or more target nucleic acid sequences in a population of nucleic acid molecules, the reaction system comprising
(a) a population of starting nucleic acid molecules known to or suspected of containing at least one target nucleic acid sequence; -
(b) a first oligonucleotide having a 5′
terminus and a 3′
terminus and comprising an A subsequence and a B subsequence, wherein said B subsequence is provided at the 3′
terminus of said oligonucleotide, and wherein the B subsequence hybridizes to said at least one target nucleic acid sequence and the A subsequence does not hybridize to said at least one target nucleic acid sequence; and
(c) a second oligonucleotide having a 5′
terminus and a 3′
terminus, the second nucleotide comprising said A subsequence at its 3′
terminus. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A kit for selectively detecting one or more target nucleic acid sequences in a population of nucleic acid molecules, the kit comprising
(a) a first oligonucleotide having a 5′ - terminus and a 3′
terminus and comprising an A subsequence and a B subsequence, wherein said B subsequence is provided at the 3′
terminus of said oligonucleotide, and wherein the B subsequence hybridizes to a target nucleic acid sequence and the A subsequence does not hybridize to said target nucleic acid sequence; and
(b) a second oligonucleotide having a 5′
terminus and a 3′
terminus, the second nucleotide comprising said A subsequence at its 3′
terminus. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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60. A method for selectively detecting one or more target nucleic acid sequences in a population of nucleic acid molecules, the method comprising
(a) contacting a population of starting nucleic acid molecules known to or suspected of containing at least one target nucleic acid sequence with an effective amount of a first oligonucleotide and an effective amount of a first reverse oligonucleotide to form a primed first oligonucleotide complex and a primed first reverse oligonucleotide complex, said first oligonucleotide having a 5′ - terminus and a 3′
terminus and comprising an A subsequence and a B subsequence, wherein said B subsequence is provided at the 3′
terminus of said oligonucleotide, and wherein the B subsequence hybridizes to said target nucleic acid sequence and the A subsequence does not hybridize to said target nucleic acid sequence, thereby forming an annealed first oligonucleotide-target nucleotide complex;
said first reverse oligonucleotide having a 5′
terminus and a 3′
terminus and comprising an A subsequence and a B′
subsequence, wherein said B′
subsequence is provided at the 3′
terminus of said oligonucleotide, and wherein the B′
subsequence hybridizes to a target nucleic acid sequence and can be extended to form an extension product comprising a sequence complementary to said B subsequence, and the A subsequence does not hybridize to said target nucleic acid sequence, thereby forming an annealed first reverse oligonucleotide-target nucleotide complex;
(b) extending said annealed first oligonucleotide complex and annealed first reverse oligonucleotide complex with a polymerase to form a first extended oligonucleotide sequence and first reverse extended oligonucleotide sequence;
(c) combining said first extended oligonucleotide sequence and first reverse extended oligonucleotide sequence with an effective amount of a second oligonucleotide to form annealed second oligonucleotide complex, wherein said second oligonucleotide has a 5′
terminus and a 3′
terminus, the second nucleotide comprising said A subsequence at its 3′
terminus;
(d) extending said annealed second oligonucleotide-target nucleotide complex and annealed first reverse oligonucleotide-target nucleotide complex with a polymerase, thereby forming extended second oligonucleotide sequences; and
(e) detecting said extended second oligonucleotide sequences, thereby selectively amplifying one or more target nucleic acid sequences in a population of nucleic acid molecules. - View Dependent Claims (61, 62)
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63. A method for detecting a single nucleotide polymorphism in a population of nucleic acid molecules, the method comprising
(a) contacting a population of starting nucleic acid molecules known to or suspected of containing at least one polymorphic nucleic acid sequence with an effective amount of a first oligonucleotide and an effective amount of a first reverse oligonucleotide to form a primed first oligonucleotide complex and a primed first reverse oligonucleotide complex, said first oligonucleotide having a 5′ - terminus and a 3′
terminus and comprising an A subsequence and a B subsequence, wherein said B subsequence is provided at the 3′
terminus of said oligonucleotide, and wherein the B subsequence hybridizes to said polymorphic nucleic acid sequence and the A subsequence does not hybridize to said polymorphic nucleic acid sequence, thereby forming an annealed first oligonucleotide-polymorphic nucleotide complex;
said first reverse oligonucleotide having a 5′
terminus and a 3′
terminus and comprising an A subsequence and a B′
subsequence, wherein said B′
subsequence is provided at the 3′
terminus of said oligonucleotide, and wherein the B′
subsequence hybridizes to a polymorphic nucleic acid sequence and can be extended to form an extension product comprising a sequence complementary to said B subsequence, and the A subsequence does not hybridize to said polymorphic nucleic acid sequence, thereby forming an annealed first reverse oligonucleotide-target nucleotide complex;
(b) extending said annealed first oligonucleotide complex and annealed first reverse oligonucleotide complex with a polymerase to form a first extended oligonucleotide sequence and first reverse extended oligonucleotide sequence;
(c) combining said first extended oligonucleotide sequence and first reverse extended oligonucleotide sequence with an effective amount of a second oligonucleotide to form annealed second oligonucleotide complex, wherein said second oligonucleotide has a 5′
terminus and a 3′
terminus, the second nucleotide comprising said A subsequence at its 3′
terminus;
(d) extending said annealed second oligonucleotide-polymorphic nucleotide complex and annealed first reverse oligonucleotide-target nucleotide complex with a polymerase, thereby forming extended second oligonucleotide sequences; and
(e) detecting said extended second oligonucleotide sequences, thereby identifying a single nucleotide polymorphic sequence in a population of nucleic acid molecules. - View Dependent Claims (64, 65)
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