Method and device for improved restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis
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1. A method for detecting variations in nucleic acid sequences, comprising(A) synthesizing a first primer which is complementary to a nonpolymorphic region of a genome of a test organism;
- (B) synthesizing at least a second primer and a third primer, each of said second and third primers directly and detectably distinguishing between different sequence variations of a first polymorphic region of said genome, wherein said second and said third primers do not hybridize to the same DNA strand of said genome as said first primer;
(C) labelling said second and third primers, respectively, with chromophores that are distinguishable, one from the other, in terms of fluorescent spectrum;
(D) contacting all of said first, second and third primers with genomic DNA from said test organism under stringent hybridizing conditions, thereby to produce hybridization products;
(E) amplifying said hybridization products, wherein said amplifying is accomplished by polymerase chain reaction to produce amplification products; and
then(F) analyzing fluorescent spectra of said amplification products to determine which labels and by inference, which variations in said first polymorphic region of said genome are present.
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Abstract
Improvements in the efficiency and sensitivity of restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) detection in target sequences are realized by developing primers that are specific for nucleic acid sequences, labelling those primers with distinguishable, non-radioactive labels, such as chromophores, and applying the primers in sets such that, after amplification of the target sequence, specific sequences, in particular those of RFLPs, can be identified by virtue of the probe(s) which hybridized.
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1. A method for detecting variations in nucleic acid sequences, comprising
(A) synthesizing a first primer which is complementary to a nonpolymorphic region of a genome of a test organism; -
(B) synthesizing at least a second primer and a third primer, each of said second and third primers directly and detectably distinguishing between different sequence variations of a first polymorphic region of said genome, wherein said second and said third primers do not hybridize to the same DNA strand of said genome as said first primer; (C) labelling said second and third primers, respectively, with chromophores that are distinguishable, one from the other, in terms of fluorescent spectrum; (D) contacting all of said first, second and third primers with genomic DNA from said test organism under stringent hybridizing conditions, thereby to produce hybridization products; (E) amplifying said hybridization products, wherein said amplifying is accomplished by polymerase chain reaction to produce amplification products; and
then(F) analyzing fluorescent spectra of said amplification products to determine which labels and by inference, which variations in said first polymorphic region of said genome are present. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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