Sensitive nucleic acid sandwich hybridization assay
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1. A nucleic acid sandwich hybridization assay to detect the presence in a sample of a preselected nucleic acid target selected from the group consisting of DNA and RNA and containing a target sequence comprising the steps of:
- a) incubating the sample with at least one capture probe under conditions promoting hybridization of the at least one capture probe to said target,b) incubating the sample with a binary reporter probe that is not a capture probe under conditions promoting hybridization of the binary reporter probe to said target sequence,c) providing a support having a surface,d) immobilizing the at least one capture probe on said surface,e) washing said surface after completion of steps a through d,f) incubating the washed surface with ribonuclease H to cleave immobilized capture probe-target-reporter probes hybrids in a sequence-independent fashion at the capture probe-target hybrid to release binary reporter probe-target hybrids,g) separating the liquid from the surface after step f,h) ligating said binary reporter probe in the separated liquid from step g in a target-dependent fashion to form a reporter molecule,i) amplifying said reporter molecule in a reaction selected from the group consisting of ligase chain reaction, polymerase chain reaction, self-sustained sequence reaction, strand displacement amplification, RNA-directed RNA polymerization and target-dependent replication to form an amplified product, andj) detecting for the presence of said amplified product as an indication of the presence or absence of the preselected target in the sample, wherein the target sequence and the binary probe are one member of the group consisting of DNA and RNA and the at least one capture probe is the other member of the group consisting of DNA and RNA.
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Nucleic acid sandwich hybridization assays are provided that incorporate one or a combination of background reduction steps. Those steps include use of a separate capture probe and separation from immobilized capture probes by cleavage and isolation. A very sensitive assay for RNA targets includes both of those steps, plus RNA binary probes, an RNA-directed RNA ligase and amplification by an RNA-directed RNA polymerase. Kits of reagents for performing assays according to this invention are also provided.
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1. A nucleic acid sandwich hybridization assay to detect the presence in a sample of a preselected nucleic acid target selected from the group consisting of DNA and RNA and containing a target sequence comprising the steps of:
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a) incubating the sample with at least one capture probe under conditions promoting hybridization of the at least one capture probe to said target, b) incubating the sample with a binary reporter probe that is not a capture probe under conditions promoting hybridization of the binary reporter probe to said target sequence, c) providing a support having a surface, d) immobilizing the at least one capture probe on said surface, e) washing said surface after completion of steps a through d, f) incubating the washed surface with ribonuclease H to cleave immobilized capture probe-target-reporter probes hybrids in a sequence-independent fashion at the capture probe-target hybrid to release binary reporter probe-target hybrids, g) separating the liquid from the surface after step f, h) ligating said binary reporter probe in the separated liquid from step g in a target-dependent fashion to form a reporter molecule, i) amplifying said reporter molecule in a reaction selected from the group consisting of ligase chain reaction, polymerase chain reaction, self-sustained sequence reaction, strand displacement amplification, RNA-directed RNA polymerization and target-dependent replication to form an amplified product, and j) detecting for the presence of said amplified product as an indication of the presence or absence of the preselected target in the sample, wherein the target sequence and the binary probe are one member of the group consisting of DNA and RNA and the at least one capture probe is the other member of the group consisting of DNA and RNA. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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