SOLID SUPPORT ASSAY SYSTEMS AND METHODS UTILIZING NON-STANDARD BASES

• Main Authors: SCHERRER, CHRISTOPHER W, PRUDENT, JAMES R, ROESCH, ERIC B, GRENIER, JENNIFER K, PTACIN, JEROD L, MARSHALL, DAVID J, RICHMOND, CRAIG S, SHERRILL, CHRISTOPHER B
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 24.01.2012
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL ORENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMOLOGY; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEICACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PHYSICS; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SPIRITS; TESTING; VINEGAR; WINE

Solid support assays using non-standard bases are described. A capture oligonucleotide comprising a molecular recognition sequence is attached to a solid support and hybridized with a target oligonucleotide the solid support. In some instances, the molecular recognition sequence includes one or more non-standard bases and hybridizes to a complementary tagging sequence of the target oligonucleotide. In other instances, incorpoaration of a non-standard base (e.g., via PCR or ligation) is used in the assay.