Electronic hybridization assay and sequence analysis
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- executing an electronic hybridization assay on a first sequence and a reference sequence, the first sequence representing at least one or more subunits of a first molecule and the reference sequence representing at least one or more subunits of a second molecule;
providing an output representative of a hybridization reaction between the first and second molecules; and
encoding the first sequence so that said executing step is optimized, wherein the first sequence includes at least one positive value and at least one negative value.
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Abstract
An electronic hybridization assay implements a hybridization reaction, or a sequence analysis, on sequences representative of the sequences of the molecules under examination to provide an output representative of a chemical hybridization reaction. An electronic hybridization machine implements a correlation algorithm where the correlation output provides information regarding the relationship between the molecules under examination. In one aspect, the degree of similarity between the molecules is indicated by the correlation output value. In another aspect, a locus of similarity between the molecules is indicated by a maximum value in the correlation output sequence. In a particular aspect, the sequences are encoded in an optimized format to optimize the operation of the operation of the electronic hybridization machine.
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16 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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executing an electronic hybridization assay on a first sequence and a reference sequence, the first sequence representing at least one or more subunits of a first molecule and the reference sequence representing at least one or more subunits of a second molecule;
providing an output representative of a hybridization reaction between the first and second molecules; and
encoding the first sequence so that said executing step is optimized, wherein the first sequence includes at least one positive value and at least one negative value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An apparatus, comprising:
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means for executing an electronic hybridization assay on a first sequence and a reference sequence, the first sequence representing at least one or more subunits of a first molecule and the reference sequence representing at least one or more subunits of a second molecule;
means for providing an output representative of a hybridization reaction between the first and second molecules; and
means for encoding the first sequence so that execution by said executing means is optimized, wherein the first sequence includes at least one positive value and at least one negative value. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A machine readable medium having a program of instructions stored thereon, the program of instructions for causing a machine to implement steps for executing an electronic hybridization assay according to the program of instructions, the steps comprising:
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executing an electronic hybridization assay on a first sequence and a reference sequence, the first sequence representing at least one or more subunits of a first molecule and the reference sequence representing at least one or more subunits of a second molecule;
providing an output representative of a hybridization reaction between the first and second molecules; and
encoding the first sequence so that said executing step is optimized, wherein the first sequence includes at least one positive value and at least one negative value. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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