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Oligonucleotide sizing using cleavable primers

  • US 5,830,655 A
  • Filed: 04/26/1996
  • Issued: 11/03/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/22/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for determining the size of a primer extension product, comprising:

  • (a) hybridizing a primer with a target nucleic acid, where said primer (i) is complementary to said target nucleic acid;

    (ii) has a first region containing the 5'"'"' end of the primer, and (iii) has a second region containing the 3'"'"' end of the primer, where the 3'"'"' end is capable of serving as a priming site for enzymatic extension and where said second region contains a selected cleavable site,(b) extending the primer enzymatically to generate a polynucleotide mixture containing an extension product composed of the primer and an extension segment;

    (c) cleaving said extension product at the cleavable site to release said extension segment; and

    (d) sizing the extension segment by mass spectrometry, whereby said cleaving is effective to increase the read length of the extension segment relative to the read length of the product of (b).

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