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US 9,353,393 B2Granted
Methods and kits for reducing non-specific nucleic acid amplification
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJohn Richard Nelson, Gregory Andrew Grossmann, Robert Scott Duthie, Sonali Jagdish Shah, Ryan Charles Heller
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Abstract
Methods and kits for efficient amplification of nucleic acids are provided. The disclosure generally relates to methods and kits for nucleic acid amplification of target nucleic acids of interest. The methods described herein promote the synthesis of the target nucleic acid (i.e., template nucleic acid) by reducing the production of undesirable primer-dimer structures and chimeric nucleic acid products during the amplification process by using novel modified primers.
Claims6
A method for amplifying a nucleic acid comprising:
- a) providing a nucleic acid template;
- b) contacting the nucleic acid template with a reaction solution comprising a DNA polymerase, deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates, and a primer with a 3′ end and a 5′ end, wherein the primer comprises a plurality of nucleotide analogues, wherein one or more nucleotide analogues of the plurality of nucleotide analogues increases the melting temperature (Tm) of the primer, one or more nucleotide analogues of the plurality of nucleotide analogues prevents primer-dimer formation,
- and at least two nucleotide analogues of the plurality of nucleotide analogues are not a 2-amino-locked nucleic acid (LNA) nucleotide or a 2-thio-LNA nucleotide, and wherein one of the nucleotide analogues is 2-amino-deoxyadenosine (2-amino-dA) and one of the nucleotide analogues is 2-thio-deoxythymidine (2-thio-dT), and the 2-amino-dA increases the Tm of the primer and both the 2-amino-dA and the 2-thio-dT prevent primer-dimer formation, and wherein the primer is a hexamer having the general structure of (+N)(+N)(atN)(atN)(atN)*N, wherein N represents a nucleotide having a nucleobase of cytosine, guanine, adenine, or thymine, wherein (+N) is the 5′ end nucleotide and *N is the 3′ end nucleotide of the hexamer, and wherein “+” indicates an LNA that precedes a nucleotide base, (atN) represents a random mixture of 2-amino-dA, deoxycytidine (dC), deoxyguanosine (dG), and 2-thio-dT, and “*” represents a phosphorothioate linkage;
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- c) amplifying the nucleic acid template.
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