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US 2014/0227704 A1Published application
Methods for rapid identification and quantitation of nucleic acid variants
AssigneeIbis Biosciences, Inc.
InventorsDavid J. Ecker, Steven A. Hofstadler, Thomas A. Hall, Kristin Sannes-Lowery
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Abstract
There is a need for nucleic acid analysis which is both specific and rapid, and in which no nucleic acid sequencing is required. The present invention addresses this need, among others by providing a method of nucleic acid amplification of overlapping sub-segments of a nucleic acid followed by molecular mass measurement of resulting amplification products by mass spectrometry, and determination of the base compositions of the amplification products.
Claims2
A method for analyzing a nucleic acid comprising the steps of:
- (a) obtaining a sample comprising nucleic acid for base composition analysis;
- (b) selecting at least two primer pairs that will generate overlapping amplification products of at least two sub-segments of the nucleic acid;
- (c) amplifying at least two nucleic acid sequences of a region of the nucleic acid designated as a target for base composition analysis using the at least two primer pairs, thereby generating at least two overlapping amplification products;
- (d) determining base compositions of the amplification products by;
- (i) measuring molecular masses of one or more of the amplification products generated in step (c) using a mass spectrometer;
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- (ii) converting one or more of the measured molecular masses to base compositions;
- (e) comparing one or more of the base compositions with a source of reference base composition data for the nucleic acid sequence;
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- (f) identifying the presence of a particular nucleic acid sequence or variant thereof.
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