发明名称 |
Method of amplification for increasing the sensitivity of detecting nucleic acid-probe target hybrids |
摘要 |
The present invention provides a method for simplifying and significantly enhancing the sensitivity of nucleic acid hybridization assays. A method is described whereby a single-stranded primary nucleic acid sequence that includes a region of sequences complementary to a single-stranded target nucleic acid sequence is hybridized to the target molecule. Stability of the double-stranded complex thereby formed can be enhanced by using RNA as the probe if DNA is the target or DNA as the probe if RNA is the target. The probe-target complex is subsequently immunocaptured for detention. After washing away extraneous material, a secondary nucleic acid sequence containing many repeating sequence units is hybridized to the probe component of the immobilized probe-target complex. Detection occurs following hybridization of many labelled nucleic acid sequence probes to each of the repeating sequence units of a nucleic acid amplification probe. Thus, attachment of multiple labelling probes to an amplification probe that is hybridized to an immobilized probe-target complex, provides a simplified method for amplifying the detection signal and therefore the sensitivity of nucleic acid hybridization assays.
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申请公布号 |
US2002155456(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2002.10.24 |
申请号 |
US20010940296 |
申请日期 |
2001.08.27 |
申请人 |
PANDIAN SITHIAN;AW ENG JOM;SMITH DAVID I. |
发明人 |
PANDIAN SITHIAN;AW ENG JOM;SMITH DAVID I. |
分类号 |
C12Q1/68;(IPC1-7):C12Q1/68;C07H21/04;C12P19/34 |
主分类号 |
C12Q1/68 |
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