METHODS AND KITS FOR CHARACTERIZING GC-RICH NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES

摘要

Methods and kits of characterizing a GC rich region of a nucleic acid of interest are provided. One method is effected by (a) contacting the nucleic acid of interest with an agent that modifies cytosine or guanine residues into residues complementary to adenine or thymine for obtaining a modified nucleic acid in which the cytosine or guanine residues are replaced by the residues complementary to adenine or thymine; (b) amplifying the modified nucleic acid by amplification primers being hybridizable with the modifies nucleic acid and being designed for directing amplification of at least a portion of the modified nucleic acid, for obtaining an amplification product corresponding to the GC rich region; and (c) determining the size of the amplification product, thereby characterizing the GC rich region of the nucleic acid of interest.