| 摘要 |
The invention provides methods and compositions for detecting the presence of, or for measuring amounts of, molecular complexes, particularly complexes comprising two or more proteins, such as receptor complexes of cell surface membranes. In one aspect of the invention, reagent pairs are provided that comprise a cleaving probe that specifically binds to at least one component of a molecular complex and one or more signaling reagents that specifically bind to one or more components of the molecular complex, at least one of which is different from the component to which the cleaving probe is attached. Each signaling reagent comprises a binding compound specific for a component of the molecular complex and a signaling polynucleotide attached thereto by a cleavable linkage. When the reagent pairs are bound to the same molecular complex, the cleaving probe may be induced to generate a reactive species that is capable of cleaving cleavable linkages within an effective proximity, thereby releasing a signaling polynucleotide by which the molecular complex is detected.
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