Methods for nucleic acid manipulation
First Claim
1. A method of determining the presence of a target nucleic acid sequence in a sample comprising contacting said sample with a polymerase, bacteriophage T4 UvsX protein, and two primers that are complementary to the flanking ends of said target nucleic acid sequence;
- and detecting the presence of amplified target nucleic acid sequence.
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Abstract
A method for replicating and amplifying a target nucleic acid sequence is described. A method of the invention involves the formation of a recombination intermediate without the prior denaturing of a nucleic acid duplex through the use of a recombination factor. The recombination intermediate is treated with a high fidelity polymerase to permit the replication and amplification of the target nucleic acid sequence. In preferred embodiments, the polymerase comprises a polymerase holoenzyme. In further preferred embodiments, the recombination factor is bacteriophage T4 UvsX protein or homologs from other species, and the polymerase holoenzyme comprises a polymerase enzyme, a clamp protein and a clamp loader protein, derived from viral, bacteriophage, prokaryotic, archaebacterial, or eukaryotic systems.
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12 Claims
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1. A method of determining the presence of a target nucleic acid sequence in a sample comprising contacting said sample with a polymerase, bacteriophage T4 UvsX protein, and two primers that are complementary to the flanking ends of said target nucleic acid sequence;
- and detecting the presence of amplified target nucleic acid sequence.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of determining the presence of a target nucleic acid sequence in a sample comprising contacting said sample with a polymerase, bacteriophage T4 UvsX protein, and two primers that are complementary to the flanking ends of said target nucleic acid sequence;
- and detecting the presence of amplified target nucleic acid sequence at a temperature of about 37°
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- and detecting the presence of amplified target nucleic acid sequence at a temperature of about 37°
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