Method for monitoring the temperature of a biochemical reaction
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1. A method of monitoring the temperature of a biochemical reaction in a reaction mixture, said method comprising:
- (i) designing a fluorescently labelled temperature probe DNA sequence so that it comprises a double stranded region which denatures at any desired predetermined temperature wherein the fluorescent label of said temperature probe sequence is arranged so that a detectable signal occurs at the point at which denaturation of the said region takes place;
(ii) effecting said reaction in the presence of said probe; and
(iii) monitoring fluorescence from said reaction mixture so as to determine when said predetermined temperature has been reached.
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A method of monitoring the temperature of a biochemical reaction such as an amplification reaction is described. The method comprises effecting the reaction in the presence of a fluorescently labeled temperature probe DNA sequence which comprises a double stranded region which denatures at a predetermined temperature, the fluorescent label of said temperature probe sequence being arranged so that a detectable signal occurs at the point at which denaturation of said region takes places; and monitoring fluorescence from said reaction mixture so as to determine when said predetermined temperature has been reached.
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1. A method of monitoring the temperature of a biochemical reaction in a reaction mixture, said method comprising:
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(i) designing a fluorescently labelled temperature probe DNA sequence so that it comprises a double stranded region which denatures at any desired predetermined temperature wherein the fluorescent label of said temperature probe sequence is arranged so that a detectable signal occurs at the point at which denaturation of the said region takes place; (ii) effecting said reaction in the presence of said probe; and (iii) monitoring fluorescence from said reaction mixture so as to determine when said predetermined temperature has been reached. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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