DNA sequencing by stepwise ligation and cleavage
First Claim
1. A method for determining the nucleotide sequence of a polynucleotide, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing the polynucleotide in double stranded form such that the polynucleotide has a protruding strand at at least one end;
(b) ligating a probe from a mixture of probes to an end of the polynucleotide having a protruding strand to form a ligated complex, each probe having an end with a complementary protruding strand to that of the polynucleotide and each probe having a nuclease recognition site of a nuclease whose cleavage site is separate from its recognition site;
(c) identifying one or more nucleotides in the protruding strand of the polynucleotide;
(d) cleaving the ligated complex with said nuclease that recognizes said nuclease recognition site and cuts the ligated complex to give an augmented probe and a new protruding strand on the polynucleotide; and
(e) repeating steps (a) through (d) until the nucleotide sequence of the polynucleotide is determined.
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Abstract
The invention provides a method of nucleic acid sequence analysis based on repeated cycles of ligation to and cleavage of probes at the terminus of a target polynucleotide. At each such cycle one or more terminal nucleotides are identified and one or more nucleotides are removed from the end of the target polynucleotide, such that further cycles of ligation and cleavage can take place. At each cycle the target sequence is shortened by one or more nucleotides until the nucleotide sequence of the target polynucleotide is determined. The method obviates electrophoretic separation of similarly sized DNA fragments and eliminates the difficulties associated with the detection and analysis of spacially overlapping bands of DNA fragments in a gel, or like medium. The invention further obviates the need to generate DNA fragments from long single stranded templates with a DNA polymerase.
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57 Claims
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1. A method for determining the nucleotide sequence of a polynucleotide, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing the polynucleotide in double stranded form such that the polynucleotide has a protruding strand at at least one end; (b) ligating a probe from a mixture of probes to an end of the polynucleotide having a protruding strand to form a ligated complex, each probe having an end with a complementary protruding strand to that of the polynucleotide and each probe having a nuclease recognition site of a nuclease whose cleavage site is separate from its recognition site; (c) identifying one or more nucleotides in the protruding strand of the polynucleotide; (d) cleaving the ligated complex with said nuclease that recognizes said nuclease recognition site and cuts the ligated complex to give an augmented probe and a new protruding strand on the polynucleotide; and (e) repeating steps (a) through (d) until the nucleotide sequence of the polynucleotide is determined. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for determining the nucleotide sequence of a polynucleotide, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) ligating a probe from a mixture of probes to an end of a polynucleotide having a protruding strand to forth a ligated complex, each probe having an end with a complementary protruding strand to that of the polynucleotide and each probe having a nuclease recognition site of a nuclease whose cleavage site is separate from its recognition site; (b) removing unligated probe from the ligated complex; (c) cleaving the ligated complex with said nuclease, said nuclease recognizing the recognition site and cleaving the ligated complex to give an augmented probe and a new protruding strand on the polynucleotide; (d) identifying one or more nucleotides in the protruding strand of the polynucleotide; and (e) repeating steps (a) through (d) until the nucleotide sequence of the polynucleotide is determined. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for determining the nucleotide sequence of a polynucleotide, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) ligating a probe from a mixture of probes to an end of a polynucleotide having a protruding strand to form a ligated complex, the probe having an end with a complementary protruding strand to that of the polynucleotide and the probe having a nuclease recognition site of a nuclease whose cleavage site is separate from its recognition site; (b) identifying one or more nucleotides in the protruding strand of the polynucleotide; (c) cleaving the ligated complex with said nuclease so that the polynucleotide is shortened by one or more nucleotides; and (d) repeating steps (a) through (c) until the nucleotide sequence of said nuclease polynucleotide is determined. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method for determining the identity of a terminal nucleotide of a polynucleotide, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) ligating a probe from a mixture to an end of a polynucleotide having a protruding strand to form a ligated complex, the probe having an end with a complementary protruding strand to that of the polynucleotide and the probe having a nuclease recognition site of a nuclease whose cleavage site is separate from its recognition site; (b) removing unligated probe from the ligated complex; and (c) identifying the terminal nucleotide of the polynucleotide by the identity of the ligated probe.
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30. A method for determining the nucleotide sequence of a polynucleotide, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing the polynucleotide in double stranded form such that the polynucleotide has a protruding strand at at least one end; (b) ligating a probe to an end of the polynucleotide having a protruding strand to form a ligated complex, the probe having a nuclease recognition site of a nuclease whose cleavage site is separate from its recognition site and an end with a complementary protruding strand to that of the polynucleotide; (c) identifying one or more nucleotides in the protruding strand of the polynucleotide; (d) cleaving the ligated complex with a nuclease that recognizes the recognition site and cuts the ligated complex to give an augmented probe and a new protruding strand on the polynucleotide; and (e) repeating steps (a) through (d) until the nucleotide sequence of the polynucleotide is determined. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A method for determining the nucleotide sequence of a polynucleotide, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) ligating a probe to an end of a polynucleotide having a protruding strand to form a ligated complex, the probe having an end with a complementary protruding strand to that of the polynucleotide and the probe having a nuclease recognition site of a nuclease whose cleavage site is separate from its recognition site; (b) removing unligated probe from the ligated complex; (c) cleaving the ligated complex with a nuclease, the nuclease recognizing the recognition site and cleaving the ligated complex to give an augmented probe and a new protruding strand on the polynucleotide; (d) identifying one or more nucleotides in the protruding strand of the polynucleotide; and (e) repeating steps (a) through (d) until the nucleotide sequence of the polynucleotide is determined. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A method for determining the nucleotide sequence of a polynucleotide, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) ligating a probe to an end of a polynucleotide having a protruding strand to form a ligated complex, the probe having an end with a complementary protruding strand to that of the polynucleotide and the probe having a nuclease recognition site of a nuclease whose cleavage site is separate from its recognition site; (b) identifying one or more nucleotides in the protruding strand of the polynucleotide; (c) cleaving the ligated complex with said nuclease so that the polynucleotide is shortened by one or more nucleotides; and (d) repeating steps (a) through (c) until the nucleotide sequence of the polynucleotide is determined. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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