摘要 |
The invention relates to the amplification of specific target nucleic acids. The invention provides methods, reagents, and kits for carrying out such amplification via the autoligation chain reaction (ACR). In some embodiments, the invention provides a method for linearly amplifying a specific target nucleic acid sequence. In some embodiments, the invention provides a method for exponentially amplifying a specific target nucleic acid sequence. The method according to this aspect of the invention comprises contacting the target nucleic acid sequence with a first forward primer nucleic acid, a second forward primer nucleic acid, a first reverse primer nucleic acid and a second reverse primer nucleic acid under conditions wherein the primer nucleic acids specifically anneal with the target nucleic acid sequence. One forward primer nucleic acid has a first bond-forming reactive moiety and the other forward primer nucleic acid has a second bond-forming reactive moiety. |