In a method for determining a particular polynucleotide sequence in a test medium containing single stranded nucleic acids wherein the sample is subjected to a hybridization reaction with a labeled detection probe having a substantially complementary polynucleotide sequence, and wherein after hybridization the label in said probe is assayed, the improvement wherein the label in said labeled probe comprises a fluorescent nucleotide which is linked by a phosphate ester linkage to said probe. Probes and kits therefor are also provided.
The invention relates to papillomaviruses, particularly to DNA-HPVs isolated from the papillomaviruses IP5 and IP6, the restriction maps of papillomaviruses IP5 and IP6, and also to probes containing these DNA-HPVs or fragments obtained from them. The invention relates, in addition, to "kits" containing distinct groups of probes, containing one of these DNA-HPVs or DNA-HPV fragments, as well as a procedure for the detection and identification of papillomaviruses which makes use of these different probes.
An amplified hybridization assay is described in which a family of signal-generating secondary probes bind to a primary probe that hybridizes to the target sequence of interest. Thus, an enormously amplified signal is generated by the hybridization event. The assay can be used for a variety of laboratory and clinical purposes and is automatable.
Structural analogs of the six non-fluorescent N-nucleosides commonly found in RNA and DNA, which are inherently fluorescent under physiological conditions, are identified and methods for their preparation provided. Such analogs may be incorporated into DNA and/or RNA oligonucleotides via either enzymatic or chemical synthesis to produce fluorescent oligonucleotides having prescribed sequences. Such analogous sequences may be identical to, or the analogous complement of, template or target DNA or RNA sequences to which the fluorescent oligonucleotides can be hybridized. Methods of preparing either RNA or DNA oligonucleotide probes of the invention, intermediates used in such methods, and methods of using the probes of the invention in oligonucleotide amplification, detection, identification, and/or hybridization assays are also provided.
Assay method for the detection of nucleic acid sequences in homogeneous solution. The method comprises the use of fluorescence polarisation to detect hybridisation of a fluorescent nucleic acid probe or to detect fluorescent primer extension products. Assay kits for use in the above methods.
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A kit for an amplified hybridization assay is described in which a family of signal-generating secondary probes bind to a primary probe that hybridizes to the target sequence of interest. Thus, an enormously amplified signal is generated by the hybridization event. The assay can be used for a variety of laboratory and clinical purposes and is automatable. A hybridization assay kit is also described. The kit is used for the detection of a target nucleotide sequence. One embodiment of the kit includes a plurality of secondary probes, each secondary probe capable of binding to a distinct binding site of the primary probe.
