| Literature DB >> 9094133 |
Abstract
In order to increase the discrimination of single nucleotide polymorphisms in DNA hybridization, artificial mismatches are inserted into probe oligonucleotides using the base analog 3-nitropyrrole. Differences in thermal stability (delta Tm) between hybrids formed with normal and single-nucleotide-variant DNA targets are increased by as much as 200% over conventional hybridization, and are strongly dependent upon the spacing between mismatches. The increased specificity is demonstrated by hybridization analysis and allele-specific amplification within the HLA-DRB locus.Entities:
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Year: 1997 PMID: 9094133 DOI: 10.1038/nbt0497-331
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Biotechnol ISSN: 1087-0156 Impact factor: 54.908