Anuran cross-species molecular sensors
AssigneeArizona Board of Regents On Behalf of Northern Arizona University
InventorsCatherine R. Propper, Stephen M. Beckstrom-Sternberg, Caren C. Helbing, Nicholas J. Veldhoen
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Abstract
Described herein are DNA primer sequences designed for the determination of gene or transcript information from Anuran species, and which may be used in studies for developmental and/or toxicity testing and for environmental toxicology or ecological assessment. Also described herein is a rapid, sensitive, high-throughput assay useful for supporting potential risk assessment across vertebrate clades, and that is also useful for evaluation of complex contaminant mixtures.
Claims4
A frog tadpole metamorphosis assay method comprising a first phase and a second phase, wherein:
- the first phase comprises exposing a tadpole to a compound of interest, removing first and second portions of the tadpole's tail, subjecting the first portion to an apoptosis assay, and
- the second phase comprises subjecting the second portion to an assay to detect shifts in a quantity of pre-determined mRNA transcripts, wherein the second phase further comprises subjecting the second portion to gPCR using a primer pair comprising a first primer and a second primer, wherein the primer pair is selected from the group consisting of primer pairs B, C, L, M:
- SEQ
- SEQ
- Primer
- ID
- ID
- Pair
- First Primer
- NO:
- Second Primer
- NO:
- B
- TACAGCTTCACCACCACAG
- 3
- TCCACATCTGCTGG
- 4
- AAGGT
- C
- TTTGCYTGGCGKCACTTTT
- 5
- ARCRGCACTGCGYC
- 6
- TGTA
- L
- CAGGGGACAGAGAAAAGG
- 23
- TGAGCTTTCTTGCC
- 24
- TG
- ACAG
- M
- GCTGCTGGTGTTGGTGART
- 25
- AGCATGTTGTCACC
- 26.
- RTTCC
A composition of matter comprising a primer pair selected from the group consisting of primer pairs B, C, L, and M:
- SEQ
- SEQ
- Primer
- ID
- ID
- Pair
- First Primer
- NO:
- Second Primer
- NO:
- B
- TACAGCTTCACCACCACAG
- 3
- TCCACATCTGCTGG
- 4
- AAGGT
- C
- TTTGCYTGGCGKCACTTTT
- 5
- ARCRGCACTGCGYC
- 6
- TGTA
- L
- CAGGGGACAGAGAAAAGG
- 23
- TGAGCTTTCTTGCC
- 24
- TG
- ACAG
- M
- GCTGCTGGTGTTGGTGART
- 25
- AGCATGTTGTCACC
- 26.
- RTTCC
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.