Arrays of optical confinements and uses thereof
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1. A method of determining a nucleic acid sequence of a sequence segment of interest, comprising:
- providing an individual concatemer molecule comprising a plurality of copies of the sequence segment of interest;
determining nucleotide sequences of the plurality of copies to generate redundant sequence information for said sequence segment of interest, wherein the determining comprises detecting a plurality of luminescent signals, each of which identifies a base in the sequence segment of interest, and further wherein the luminescent signals are indicative of interactions between the individual concatemer molecule and labeled reaction components emitting the luminescent signals; and
analyzing the redundant sequence information to determine a nucleic acid sequence of the sequence segment of interest.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to optical confinements, methods of preparing and methods of using them for analyzing molecules and/or monitoring chemical reactions. The apparatus and methods embodied in the present invention are particularly useful for high-throughput and low-cost single-molecular analysis.
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1. A method of determining a nucleic acid sequence of a sequence segment of interest, comprising:
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providing an individual concatemer molecule comprising a plurality of copies of the sequence segment of interest; determining nucleotide sequences of the plurality of copies to generate redundant sequence information for said sequence segment of interest, wherein the determining comprises detecting a plurality of luminescent signals, each of which identifies a base in the sequence segment of interest, and further wherein the luminescent signals are indicative of interactions between the individual concatemer molecule and labeled reaction components emitting the luminescent signals; and analyzing the redundant sequence information to determine a nucleic acid sequence of the sequence segment of interest. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for generating redundant sequence information from a single molecule, comprising:
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providing a linear template strand comprising multiple repeated copies of a nucleic acid sequence; and determining a nucleotide sequence of the multiple repeated copies in the linear template strand, thereby generating redundant sequence information from a single molecule, wherein the determining comprises detecting a plurality of luminescent signals, each of which identifies a base in the sequence segment'"'"'of interest, and further wherein the luminescent signals are indicative of interactions between the individual concatemer molecule and labeled reaction components emitting the luminescent signals. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method of performing analyses on a plurality of concatemeric nucleic acid templates, comprising:
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providing a plurality of concatemeric nucleic acid templates; providing a substrate; immobilizing each of the concatemeric nucleic acid templates at a different position on the substrate; subjecting the substrate to conditions suitable for formation of products of the analyses; and detecting the formation of the products with an optical system, wherein the detecting comprises detecting a plurality of luminescent signals emitted from each of said products, and wherein each of the luminescent signals identifies a base in one of the concatemeric nucleic acid templates, and further wherein the luminescent signals are indicative of interactions between the concatemeric nucleic acid templates and labeled reaction components emitting the luminescent signals, thereby performing analyses on said plurality of concatemeric nucleic acid templates. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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