171 results about "Amplification dna" patented technology

The present invention relates to a novel method for the amplification of DNA, this method being particularly useful for the amplification of the DNA or the whole genome of a single cell, chromosomes or fragments thereof. Described is also the use of the method in DNA analysis for medical, forensic, diagnostic or scientific purposes, like comparative genomic hybridization (CGH)-, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)-, polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-, single strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP)-, DNA sequence-, "loss of heterozygosity" (LOH)-, fingerprint- and/or restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP)-analysis.

The invention relates to a device for the amplification of DNA in a reaction mixture, the device (1) comprising a heated chamber (2) including a rotor (3) for holding a plurality of reaction vessels for reaction mixtures, a drive means for the rotor, a microwave energy source (8) with means for controlled delivery of said energy to the reaction mixtures, and a system (14-16) for determining denaturation of double-stranded DNA. The invention also provides a method for the amplification of a nucleic acid strand. In the first step of the method, a reaction mixture is formed comprising the target nucleic acid strand, nucleotides, a primer, a thermostable nucleic acid polymerase, and, if necessary, a reagent for the detection of denaturation of double-stranded DNA. In the second step, the mixture is incubated at a temperature which allows synthesis of a nucleic acid strand complementary to the target nucleic acid strand. The third step comprises denaturing double-stranded DNA formed in the second step by microwave energisation of the reaction mixture with monitoring of the mixture to determine the denaturation end point. The reaction mixture is allowed to cool to a temperature at which primer anneals to the target nucleic acid strand in the fourth step. The second to fourth steps are repeated until a desired level of amplification is achieved.

The present invention pertains to a process for automatically analyzing mixed DNA samples. Specifically, the process comprises the steps of obtaining a mixed DNA sample; amplifying the DNA sample to produce a product; detecting the product to produce a signal; and analyzing the signal to determine information about the composition of the mixed DNA sample. This DNA mixture analysis is useful for finding criminals and convicting them. This mixture analysis provides high quality estimates, and can determine genotypes, mixture weights, and likelihood ratios. This analysis provides confidence measures in the results it computes, and generates reports and intuitive visualizations. The process automates a tedious manual procedure, thereby reducing the cost, time, and effort involved in DNA forensic analysis. The system can greatly accelerate the rate of DNA crime analysis, and be used to exonerate innocent people.

The invention provides methods for reducing non-specific amplification DNA in a polymerase chain reaction comprising providing a sample comprising a target DNA sequence of interest; contacting the sample with at least one enzyme having nucleic acid polymerase activity; and incubating the sample with said enzyme for a time and under conditions sufficient to amplify the target DNA sequence, forming amplified target sequence; wherein the incubation is performed in the presence of an amount of sorbitol, or sorbitol and DMSO effective to reduce the non-specific amplification relative to the amount of non-specific amplification observed in the absence of sorbitol, or sorbitol and DMSO. The methods are suitable for amplification of ribosomal DNA, particularly from clinical samples. Compositions and kits containing sorbitol, or sorbitol and DMSO for reducing non-specific amplification are also provided.

The invention relates to methods and compositions for identifying specific bacterial species, which are sulfur and iron oxidizers and/or reducers, from wall board (e.g., dry wall) and/or a patient tissue or body fluid. The method comprises the steps of extracting and recovering DNA of the bacterial species from the wall board and/or the patient tissue or body fluid, amplifying the DNA, hybridizing a probe to the DNA to specifically identify the bacterial species, and specifically identifying the bacterial species. Kits and nucleic acids for use in the methods are also provided. Methods for eliminating the sulfur and iron oxidizing and/or reducing bacteria from wall board using a zeolite are also provided.

An in vitro process for the production of closed linear deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) comprises (a) contacting a DNA template comprising at least one protelomerase target sequence with at least one DNA polymerase in the presence of one or more primers under conditions promoting amplification of said template; and (b) contacting amplified DNA produced in (a) with at least one protelomerase under conditions promoting production of closed linear DNA. A kit provides components necessary in the process.

The invention provides a method and a kit for detecting a drug resistance gene mutant type of tuberculous bacillus (TB). Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following advantages: 1) reagents and consumables used in the invention are simple and stable, and expensive reagents like fluorescent dyes and special enzyme are not needed; 2) a reaction can be carried out in a microscale system, and usage of a sample and a variety of consumables is reduced; 3) since mass spectrometry is used for direct detection of molecular weight (a mass-to-charge ratio) of DNA and direct determination of types of bases (i.e., no need for signal conversion in any manner), it is theoretically practicable that identification can be realized as long as one copied amplified DNA fragment is amplified, so high sensitivity is obtained; and 4) since mass spectrometry also has the characteristics of automatic and high-flux detection and the like, combination of mass spectrometry and multi-primer extension enables a plurality of drug resistance sites to be simultaneously detected in one reaction system, thereby substantially reducing workload and increasing detection flux.

The present invention provides a simple method for producing a dumbbell-shaped DNA.

A method for producing a dumbbell-shaped DNA, wherein each of sense and antisense strands is connected at both the 5′ and 3′ ends of a linear-shaped double stranded DNA by a single stranded DNA of loop structure, comprising the steps of;

• 1) amplifying a target DNA in a template DNA by PCR using sense and antisense primers, wherein each of the sense and antisense primers contains the following sequence (a) at the 5′ end and also contains the following sequences (b), (c), and (d) in order from the 5′ end to the 3′ end,
  • (a) a part of a sense sequence of a nickase recognition sequence, comprising the sequence of a region between the site where a nick is introduced by the action of a nickase and the 3′ end,
  • (b) a sequence capable of forming a loop structure from a single strand,
  • (c) the entire antisense sequence of the nickase recognition sequence (a),
  • (d) a sequence complementary to all or part of the sequence of the target DNA;
• 2) treating the amplified DNA product of step 1) with a nickase of (a);
• 3) heating and then annealing the nickase treated amplified DNA product of step 2); and
• 4) treating the heated and annealed amplified DNA product of step 3) with DNA ligase, wherein the sense and antisense primers used in step 1) are phosphorylated at the 5′ end, or the amplified DNA product is phosphorylated at the 5′ end after step 1) but before step 4).

Compositions for the amplification of damaged nucleic acids are disclosed. The compositions generally comprise a mesophilc polymerase, a thermostable polymerase, and an AP endonuclease. Methods of using the same for the amplification of damaged DNA are also disclosed.

The invention belongs to the technical field of animal breeding, in particular to a method for identifying fast feather type and slow feather type of chickens by applying double PCR. The method comprises the following steps: (1) designing two pairs of primers by utilizing a correlation sequence of a K gene locus found on a Z chromosome of a chicken according to structures of alleles of the fast and slow feather type; (2) extracting DNAs of chicken blood samples of the known fast and slow feather type to carry out a primer specificity test, and identifying the chicken to be a fast feather type or a slow feather type according to the size and the existence of an amplified DNA segment. When only one 350bp band is amplified, the chicken is judged to be a fast feather type, and when two bands of 350bp and 909bp are amplified, the chicken is judged to be a slow feather type. The invention also discloses a reliable checking method of the identifying method and applies the checking method to a breeding process of a self identification male and female matched system of the fast and slow feathers. The invention can shorten the breeding time of the self identification male and female matched system of the fast and slow feathers and save the breeding cost.

A thermal cycling method and device is disclosed. The device comprises a sample chamber whose temperature can be rapidly and accurately modulated over a range of temperatures needed to carry out a number of biological procedures, such a the DNA polymerase chain reaction. Biological samples are placed in glass micro capillary tubes and then located inside the sample chamber. A programmable controller regulates the temperature of the sample inside the sample chamber. Once a heating cycle is completed, the controller opens a door to the chamber for venting hot air out and cool ambient air is moved in. Temperature versus time profiles corresponding to optimum denaturation, annealing and elongation temperatures for amplification of DNA are achieved by the present invention.