DETECTION OF MUTATIONS, IN PARTICULAR DELETIONS OR INSERTIONS

摘要

A method for detecting at least one gene modification, such as a mutation in a gene, such as a gene that codes for a protein associated with at least one of a tumor and a cancer. The method includes providing a detectable hybridization probe (sensor probe) which interacts with/binds to a gene not having a gene modification (wild type gene) and with a gene having a gene modification (mutation gene). The detectable hybridization probe (sensor probe) has at least one of a higher specificity, a higher binding affinity and a higher selectivity for the gene not having a gene modification (wild type gene) compared to the gene having a gene modification (mutation gene). At least one gene modification is detected with the detectable hybridization probe (sensor probe).