Compositions and methods for labeling of nucleic acid molecules
First Claim
1. A composition for use in labeling one or more nucleic acid molecules, said composition comprising(a) one or more enzymes having reverse transcriptase activity, wherein said enzymes are multi-subunit enzymes;
- (b) one or more labeled nucleotides, with the proviso that said labeled nucleotides are not labeled dideoxynucleotides; and
(c) one or more nucleotides without labels.
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Abstract
The present invention is generally related to compositions, kits and methods for labeling nucleic acid molecules using reverse transcriptases, preferably multi-subunit reverse transcriptases such as ASLV reverse transcriptases. Specifically, the invention relates to methods, kits and compositions for fluorescently labeling nucleic acid molecules during nucleic acid synthesis. The labeled nucleic acid molecules produced in accordance with the invention are particularly suited as labeled probes for nucleic acid detection and diagnostics.
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1. A composition for use in labeling one or more nucleic acid molecules, said composition comprising
(a) one or more enzymes having reverse transcriptase activity, wherein said enzymes are multi-subunit enzymes; -
(b) one or more labeled nucleotides, with the proviso that said labeled nucleotides are not labeled dideoxynucleotides; and
(c) one or more nucleotides without labels. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 58)
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10. A method for reverse transcription of one or more nucleic acid molecules comprising
(a) mixing one or more nucleic acid templates with (i) one or more enzymes having reverse transcriptase activity, wherein said enzymes are multi-subunit enzymes, (ii) one or more labeled nucleotides, with the proviso that said labeled nucleotides are not labeled dideoxynucleotides, and (iii) one or more nucleotides without labels; - and
(b) incubating said mixture under conditions sufficient to make one or more nucleic acid molecules complementary to all or a portion of said one or more templates, wherein at least one of said first nucleic acid molecules is detectably labeled. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 59)
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21. A kit for use in labeling one or more nucleic acid molecules, said kit comprising
(a) one or more enzymes having reverse transcriptase activity, wherein said enzymes are multi-subunit enzymes; -
(b) one or more labeled nucleotides, with the proviso that said labeled nucleotides are not labeled dideoxynucleotides; and
(c) one or more nucleotides without labels. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 60)
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29. A composition for use in labeling one or more nucleic acid molecules, said composition comprising
(a) one or more enzymes having reverse transcriptase activity, wherein said enzymes are multi-subunit enzymes; -
(b) one or more labeled nucleotides, with the proviso that said labeled nucleotides are not labeled dideoxynucleotides;
(c) one or more nucleotides without labels; and
(d) one or more RNA templates. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 61)
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39. A method for reverse transcription of one or more nucleic acid molecules comprising
(a) mixing one or more RNA templates with (i) one or more enzymes having reverse transcriptase activity, wherein said enzymes are multi-subunit enzymes, (ii) one or more labeled nucleotides, with the proviso that said labeled nucleotides are not labeled dideoxynucleotides, and (iii) one or more nucleotides without labels; - and
(b) incubating said mixture under conditions sufficient to make one or more nucleic acid molecules complementary to all or a portion of said one or more templates, wherein at least one of said first nucleic acid molecules is detectably labeled. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 62)
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50. A kit for use in labeling one or more nucleic acid molecules, said kit comprising
(a) one or more enzymes having reverse transcriptase activity, wherein said enzymes are multi-subunit enzymes; -
(b) one or more labeled nucleotides, with the proviso that said labeled nucleotides are not labeled dideoxynucleotides;
(c) one or more nucleotides without labels; and
(d) one or more RNA templates. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 63)
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