| 摘要 |
<p>The methods and apparatus disclosed herein concern nucleic acid sequencing by enhanced Raman spectroscopy. In certain embodiments of the invention, nucleotides are covalently attached to Raman labels before incorporation into a nucleic acid (13). Exonuclease (15) treatment of the labeled nucleic acid (13) results in the release of labeled nucleotides (16, 130), which are detected by Raman spectroscopy. In alternative embodiments of the invention, nucleotides (16, 130) released from a nucleic acid (13) by exonuclease (15) treatment are covalently cross-linked to silver or gold nanoparticles (140) and detected by surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), surface enhanced resonance Raman spectroscopy (SERRS) and/or coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy (CARS). Other embodiments of the invention concern apparatus (10, 100, 210) for nucleic acid sequencing.</p> |
