CA1314247C - Method for rapid base sequencing in dna and rna - Google Patents
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Abstract
METHOD FOR RAPID BASE SEQUENCING IN DNA AND RNA
ABSTRACT OF THE INVENTION
A method is provided for the rapid base sequencing of DNA or RNA fragments wherein a single fragment of DNA or RNA is provided with identifiable bases and suspended in a moving flow stream. An exonuclease sequentially cleaves individual bases from the end of the suspended fragment.
The moving flow stream maintains the cleaved bases in an orderly train for subsequent detection and identifica-tion. In a particular embodiment, individual bases forming the DNA or RNA fragments are individually tagged with a characteristic fluorescent dye. The train of bases is then excited to fluorescence with an output spectrum characteristic of the individual bases. Accordingly, the base sequence of the original DNA or RNA fragment can be reconstructed.
ABSTRACT OF THE INVENTION
A method is provided for the rapid base sequencing of DNA or RNA fragments wherein a single fragment of DNA or RNA is provided with identifiable bases and suspended in a moving flow stream. An exonuclease sequentially cleaves individual bases from the end of the suspended fragment.
The moving flow stream maintains the cleaved bases in an orderly train for subsequent detection and identifica-tion. In a particular embodiment, individual bases forming the DNA or RNA fragments are individually tagged with a characteristic fluorescent dye. The train of bases is then excited to fluorescence with an output spectrum characteristic of the individual bases. Accordingly, the base sequence of the original DNA or RNA fragment can be reconstructed.
Description
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METHOD FOR RAPID BASE SEQUENCING IN DNA AND RNA
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Thi~ invention is generally related to DNA and RNA
sequencing and, more particularly, to DNA and RNA
~equencing by detecting individual nucleotide~.
A world-wide effort is now in progress to analyze the base sequence in the human genome. The magnitude of this task is apparent, with 3 ~ 10 ba6e~ in the human genome, and available ba~e sequencing rates are about 200-500 bases per 10-24 hour period. Considerable interest also exist~ in nucleic acid sequencing from non-human sources. Eisting procedures are labor intensive and cost approximately $1 per base.
By way of example, Sanger et al., "DNA Sequencing with Chain-Terminating Inhibitors," Proceedings of the National 1~ Academy of Science, USA 74, 5463-7 (1977) provide for ~equencing 15-200 nucleotides from a priming site.
Radioactive phosphorus i~ u~ed in the primer extension to provide a marker. Enzymatic resynthesis coupled with chain terminating precursor~ are used to produce DNA
fragmentfi which terminate randomly at one of the four DNA
bases: adenine (A), cytosine (G), guanine (G), or thymine (T). The four set~ of reaction prQducts are separated ` 131424~
electrophorectically in ad~acent lanes of a polyacrylamide gel. The ~igration of the DNA fragment6 i8 ~i~ualized by the action of the radioactiYity on a photographic film.
Careful interpretation of the cesulting band patterns i~
requi~ed fol sequen~e analysi~. This pro~es6 typically takes 1-3 day~. Further, there are problem6 with band pile-ups in the qel, reguiring furthes confir~atory sequencing.
In a related technique, A.U. Maxam and W. Gilbert, ~'A
New Method fsr Sequencing DNA," Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA 74, 560-564 (1977), t~ach a chemical method to brea~ the DNA into four set6 of random length fragments, each vith a defined ter~ination.
Analy~is of the fragments proceed6 by electrophore6is a6 described above. The re8ult6 obtained using this method are e6sentially the sa~e as the "Sangel ~ethod."
In another example, Smith et al., "Fluorescent Detection in Automated DNA Sequence Analysi6." Nature 321, 674-679 (June 1986), teach a method for partial automation of DNA sequence analysi~. Four fluore~cent dyes are provided to individually label DNA primers. The Sanger method i6 u6ed to produce four 6ets of DNA fragments vhich terminate ae one o~ the four DNA ba6e6 ~ith each set characterized by one of the four dyes. The four 6et6 of reaction product6, each con~aining many identical DNA
fragment6, are mixed together and placed on a polyacrylamide gel column. La6er excitation i6 then u6ed to identify and chara~terize the migration band6 of the labeled DNA fragments on the column where the observed 6pectral properties of the fluore6cence are u6ed to identify the terminal ba6e on each fragment. Sequencing fragments of up to ~00 bafie~ ha6 been reported. Data ` ` 131~2~7 reliability can be a proble~ ~ince lt 1~ dlfficult to uniguely discern the spectr~l identity of the fluor~scent peak~.
The6e and other proble~s in the prior art are addre~sed by tbe present inventio~ and an improved proces6 i~ provided for rapid ~equencing of DNA bases. As herein described, the pre6ent invention provides for the ~equential detection of individual nucleotides cleaved from a single DNA or RNA fragment.
Accordingly, it i8 an ob~ect of the present invention to provide an automated base ~equence analysi~ for DNA and RNA.
Another object of the pre~ent invention is to proce~s long strand~ of DNA or BNA, i.e., having thou~and~ of bases.
One other object i6 to ~apidly sequence and identify individual base6.
Additional objects, adva~tage6 and novel feature6 of the in~ention will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part ~ill become apparent to those s~illed in the art upon e~amination of the following or may be learned by practice of the invention. The object6 and advantage6 of the invention may be realized and attained by mean~ of the instrumentalitie~ and combinations particularly pointed out in the appended claims.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
To achieve the foregoing and other object6. and in accordance with the purpo~e6 of the pre~ent invention, as embodied and broadly de6cribed herein, a method for DNA
and RNA ba~e 6equencin~ i~ provided. A ~ingle fragment from a ~trand of DNA or ~NA i~ su6pended in a moving sample stream. Using an e~onuclease, the end ba~e on the ` ` 131~247 DNA or R~A fragment ~s repetit~vely cleaved from the fragment to fo~m a train of the ba~es in the ~ample stream. T~e bases ace t~ereafter detected in ~equential passage through a detector which detects single molecules S to reconstruct the base sequence of the DNA or RNA
fragment.
In another ~haracterization of the pre~ent inventlon, strands of DNA or aNA are formed from the conEtituent bases, which have identifiable characteristics. The bases are ~equentially cleaved fron the end of a ~ingle fragment of the ~trands to form a train of the identifiable base6.
The 6inqle, cleaved base6 in the train are then sequentially identified to reconstruct the ba~e ~equence of the DNA or RNA strand.
In one particular characterization of the invention, each of the nucleotides effective for DNA and RNA
re~ynthesis i6 modified to possess an identifiable chaLacteriEtic. A strand of ~NA i6 6ynthesized from ~he modified nucleotide~, vhere the synthe6ized strand is complementary to ~ DNA or R~A ~trand having a ba~e 6equence to be determined. A single fragment of the comple~entary DNA or RNA is ~elected and suspended in a flowing sample stream. Individual identifiable nucleotides are sequentially cleaved from the free end of the suspended DNA strand. The single bases are then sequentially identified. T~e ba~e sequence of the parent DNA or RNA strand can then be determined from the complementary DNA 6trand base sequence.
BRIEF DESC~IPTION OP THE DRAWINGS
The accompanying dra~ing6, which are incorporated in and form a part of the ~pecification, illu~trate an embodiment of the present invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the in~ention. In the drawing6:
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131~2~7 FlGURE 1 1~ a graphic lllu~tration of a DNA ~equencing process according to the prQ6ent invention.
FlGURE 2 is a graphical repre6entation of an output signal according to the pre~ent invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION 0~ THE INVENTION
Accocding to the pre~ent invention, a method i8 provided for sequencing the ba6e~ in large DNA or RNA
fragment~ by isola~ing single DNA or ~NA fragments in a moving gtrea~ and then individually cleaving ~ingle ba6es into the flow stream, forming a sequence of the ba6e6 through a detection device. In one embodiment, the single ba6es in the flowing sample s~reams are interrogated by laser-induced fluorescence to determine the presence and identity of each ba~e.
It will be understood t~at DNA and RNA 6trand~ are each formed from nucleotides co~pri6ing one of four organic baaes: adenine, cytosine, quanine, and thymine (DNA) or uracil (~NA). The DNA and ~NA nucleotide6 are ~imilar, but not i~entical; however, the nucleotides and ~trands of nucleotide& can be functionally manipulated in a 6ub~tantially identical ~anner. Also, the complement of an RNA fragment i8 conventionally formed as a DNA strand with thy~ine in place of uracil. The ollowing de6cription i6 referenced to DNA sequencing, but any reference to DNA includes reference to both DNA and RNA
and without any limitation to DNA.
In a particular embodi~ent of the pre~ent invention, the initial ~tep i6 an enzymatic synthesi6 of a strand of DNA, complementary to a fragment to be sequenced, with each ba6e containing a fluore~cent taq characteristic of the base. Sequencing the co~plementary 6trand i~
equivalent to sequencing the original fragment. The synthesized ~trand i~ then suspended i~ a flowing sa~ple 131~247 ~trea~ containing 4n exonuclease to clea~e bases seguentlally f~om the f~ee end of the ~u~pended DNA or RNA. Tbe cleaved, fluore~cently labeled ba~es then pass through a focu~ed laser beam and are lndividually detected and identified by laser-induced fluorescence.
T~e maxi~uu rate that base~ may be ~equenced i8 determined by the kinetic~ of t~e exonuclease reaction with DNA or RNA and the rate of detection. A projected rate of lO00 base~/~ec vould ~esult in ~equencing 8 x 107 base~/day. Thi~ i~ in contrast to ~tandard technique~ which take 10-24 hours to sequence 200-500 ba6es.
Referring ~ow to Figure l, one effective ~equencing method comprisefi the follo~ing 6teps: (l) prepare a selected 6trand of DNA 10, in whic~ individual ba6e6 are provided with an identifiable characteristic, e.g., labeled with color-coded fluorescent tag6 to enable each of the four bases to be iden~ified, (2) select and su~pend 40 a 6ingle $r~gment of DNA ~ith identifiable bases in a ~0 flowing 6ample 6trea~, (3~ 6equentially cleave 20 the identifiable base~ from the free end of the su~pended DNA
fragment, and (4) identify the individual bases in 6equence, e.g., detect 34 the single, fluorescently labeled base6 as they flow through a focused laser 6ystem. Exemplary eubodiments of the individual proce66 step~ are hereinafter di6cu~sed.
Selection of DNA Fra~ent_to be Seauenced In accordance vith the pre~ent proces6, a single DNA
fragment lOa i6 6elected and pre~ared for labeling and analysis. In an exemplary selection proce66 from a heterogeneous mixture of DNA fragments, avidin i~ bound to microspheres and a bioti~ylated probe, complementary to 60me sequence wit~in the desired DNA fragment lOa, is 131~2~7 bound to the avidin on the microspheres. The avidin-biotinylated probe co~plex i8 then miYed with the heterogeneou6 mixture of DNA fragment6 to hybridize with t~e desired fragments lOa. The beads are separated from the unbound frag~ents and wa~hed to provide the de6ired homogeneous DNA fragment~ lOa.
The selected ragment6 are further processed by removing the fir6t ~icrosphere and ligating a tail of known ~equence 9 to the pri~er 12 attached to the 3' end of the fragment lOa. ~icrosphere~ 40 are prepared with phycoerythrin-avidin and sorted to contain a Eingle molecule of phycoerythrin-avidin. A single complementary probe 9a to the known ~equence 9 i6 biotinylated and bound to the sorted micro6phere6 40. The bead-probe complex is then hybridized to the selected fragment lOa. Thus, a 6ingle fragment of DNA lOa will be bound to each microsphere.
In another embodiment, a homogeneou6 60urce of DNA
fragment6 is providea. e.g. from a gene library. A
selection ~tep is not then required and the homogeneou~
DNA fragments can be hybridized with the microspheres 40 containing a single molecule of phycoerythrin-avidin, with the appropriate complementary probe attached as above.
In either case, a ~i~gle micro6phere 40 can now be manipulated u6ing, for example, a microinjection pipette to transfer a 6ingle fragment 6trand for labeling and analy6i6 as di~cu6sed below.
Fluore6cence Labelina of Bases The base~ for~ing the ~ingle fragment to be analyzed are provided with identifiable charaeteri6tie6. The identifiable characteristic may attach directly to each nucleotide of DNA ~trand lOa. Alternatively, bases may first be modified to obtain individual identifiable 8 13142~7 characteristics and resynthesized to selected strand lOa to form a complementary DNA strand. In either event, DNA
fragment lO is provided for analysis with identifiable bases.
05 In one embodiment, a fluorescent characteristic is provided. The bases found in DNA do have intrinsic fluorescence quantum yields ëlO 3 at room temperature.
In order to detect these bases by a fluorescence technique, however, it is desirable to modify them to form species with large fluorescence quantum yields and distinguishable spectral properties, i.e., to label the bases.
It is known how to synthesize a complementary strand of DNA with labeled bases using an enzymatic procedure. See, e.g., P. R. Langer et al., "Enzymatic Synthesis of Biotin-Labeled Polynucleotides: Novel Nucleic Acid Affinity Probes," Proc. Natl. Aca. Sci. USA 78, 6633 (1981); M. L.
Shimkus et al., "Synthesis and Characterization of Biotin-Labeled Nucleotide Analogs," DNA 5, 247 (1986).
Referring to Figure 1, a primer 12 is attached to the 3' end of a DNA fragment lOa and an enzyme, e.g., DNA
polymerase-Klenow fragment, is used to synthesize the complement to DNA fragment lOa starting from the end of primer 12. Modified deoxynucleotides 14, 16, 18, 22 are used in the synthesis (typically modified dATP 14a, dTTP
(or dUTP) 16a, dCTP 18a, and dGTP 22a).
Each of the modified nucleotides is formed with a long carbon chain linker arm 14b, 16b, 18b, and 22b, respectively, terminating in a characteristic fluorescent dye 14c, 16c, 18c, and 22c. The modified nucleotides 14, 16, 18, and 22 are then incorporated into the synthesized fragment by DNA polymerase. The long linker arms 14b, 131~7 g 16b, 18b, 22b isolate the ~luoeescent dye tags 14c, 16~, 18c, 22c from the b~e~ 14a, 16a, 18a, 22a ~o pernit uninhibited enzyme acti~ity.
DNA fragment~ ~everal ~B long have been synthe~ized with each ba~e containing a carbon chain l~nke~ arm ter~inating in biotin a~ hereinafter described. To exemplify the DNA ~ynthe6i~, tagging, and ~leaving processe6 a known fitrand of DNA nu~leotide6 was fo~ued, nucleotides were tagged with a linker arm terminating in biotin, and a complementary strand of D~A was ~ynthe~ized from the tagged nucleotides, ~iotin was used as a model tag rather than fluore~cent dye6 to demonstrate the synthe6i6 and cleavage reactions.
1. Preparation of knovn strand [d(A,G)]:
A polydeo~ynucleotide, dlA,G)2138, the method outlined in R. L. Ratliff et al., "Heteropolynucleotide Synthesi6 with Ter~inal Deoxyribonucleotidyltran~ferase," Biochemistry 6, 851 (1967) and "Het~ropoly~u~leotide~ Synthesized with Terminal Deoxyribonucleotidylt~an6fe~a6e. II. Neare6t Neighbor Frequencies and ~xtent of Dige6tion by Mi~rococcal Deoxyribonuclease," Biochemi6try 7, 412 (1968). The 6ub6cript, 2138, refers to the average number of ba~e6 in the fraqment and the comma between the A and the G indicate6 that the base6 are incorporated in a random order.
Ten micromoles of the 5~-triphosphate of 2'-deoxyadeno6ine (dATP) vere mixed with one micLomole of the 5~-triphosphate of 2~-deoxyguano~ine (dGTP) and 5.5 nanomole6 of the linear heptamer of 5~-thymidylic acid [d(pT)7] which act& as a p~imer. Ten thou~and units of terminal transfera~e were added to the solution ~hich wa6 buffered at pH 7 and the reaction ~iYture wa~ maintained 13142~7 at 37C for 24 houcs. (One unit i~ defined ~ the amount of enzyme wh~ch will poly~erize l nanomole of nucleotide in one hour.) The te~ulting d(A,G)2l38 was then ~eparated from the ceaction mixture and purified.
2. Peeparation of biotinylated complementary s~rand td(C~U)2l38]
The complementary strand of DNA to d(A,G)2l38, prepared as described above, ~as synthesized from nucleotides (dCTP) and d(UTP) tagged with biotin. A
mixture of lO nanomoles of the biotinylated 5'-tripho6phate of 2'-deo~ycytidine (dCTP) and 20 nanomole~ of the biotinylated S'-tripho6phate of 2'-deoxyuridine (dUTP) ~as added to lO nanomoles of d(A,G)2l38 and 22 picomoles of d(pT)7. Ten units of DNA polymera6e (E coli), ~lenow fragment, ~ere then added to the mixture which wa~ buffered at pH 8 and maintained at a temperature of 37C for 2 hour6. Analysis of the resulting product6 by electrophoresi~ demonstrated that the reaction went to co~pletion and the completely biotinylated co~plementary DNA fragment, d(C.U)213~, wa~
formed.
METHOD FOR RAPID BASE SEQUENCING IN DNA AND RNA
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Thi~ invention is generally related to DNA and RNA
sequencing and, more particularly, to DNA and RNA
~equencing by detecting individual nucleotide~.
A world-wide effort is now in progress to analyze the base sequence in the human genome. The magnitude of this task is apparent, with 3 ~ 10 ba6e~ in the human genome, and available ba~e sequencing rates are about 200-500 bases per 10-24 hour period. Considerable interest also exist~ in nucleic acid sequencing from non-human sources. Eisting procedures are labor intensive and cost approximately $1 per base.
By way of example, Sanger et al., "DNA Sequencing with Chain-Terminating Inhibitors," Proceedings of the National 1~ Academy of Science, USA 74, 5463-7 (1977) provide for ~equencing 15-200 nucleotides from a priming site.
Radioactive phosphorus i~ u~ed in the primer extension to provide a marker. Enzymatic resynthesis coupled with chain terminating precursor~ are used to produce DNA
fragmentfi which terminate randomly at one of the four DNA
bases: adenine (A), cytosine (G), guanine (G), or thymine (T). The four set~ of reaction prQducts are separated ` 131424~
electrophorectically in ad~acent lanes of a polyacrylamide gel. The ~igration of the DNA fragment6 i8 ~i~ualized by the action of the radioactiYity on a photographic film.
Careful interpretation of the cesulting band patterns i~
requi~ed fol sequen~e analysi~. This pro~es6 typically takes 1-3 day~. Further, there are problem6 with band pile-ups in the qel, reguiring furthes confir~atory sequencing.
In a related technique, A.U. Maxam and W. Gilbert, ~'A
New Method fsr Sequencing DNA," Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA 74, 560-564 (1977), t~ach a chemical method to brea~ the DNA into four set6 of random length fragments, each vith a defined ter~ination.
Analy~is of the fragments proceed6 by electrophore6is a6 described above. The re8ult6 obtained using this method are e6sentially the sa~e as the "Sangel ~ethod."
In another example, Smith et al., "Fluorescent Detection in Automated DNA Sequence Analysi6." Nature 321, 674-679 (June 1986), teach a method for partial automation of DNA sequence analysi~. Four fluore~cent dyes are provided to individually label DNA primers. The Sanger method i6 u6ed to produce four 6ets of DNA fragments vhich terminate ae one o~ the four DNA ba6e6 ~ith each set characterized by one of the four dyes. The four 6et6 of reaction product6, each con~aining many identical DNA
fragment6, are mixed together and placed on a polyacrylamide gel column. La6er excitation i6 then u6ed to identify and chara~terize the migration band6 of the labeled DNA fragments on the column where the observed 6pectral properties of the fluore6cence are u6ed to identify the terminal ba6e on each fragment. Sequencing fragments of up to ~00 bafie~ ha6 been reported. Data ` ` 131~2~7 reliability can be a proble~ ~ince lt 1~ dlfficult to uniguely discern the spectr~l identity of the fluor~scent peak~.
The6e and other proble~s in the prior art are addre~sed by tbe present inventio~ and an improved proces6 i~ provided for rapid ~equencing of DNA bases. As herein described, the pre6ent invention provides for the ~equential detection of individual nucleotides cleaved from a single DNA or RNA fragment.
Accordingly, it i8 an ob~ect of the present invention to provide an automated base ~equence analysi~ for DNA and RNA.
Another object of the pre~ent invention is to proce~s long strand~ of DNA or BNA, i.e., having thou~and~ of bases.
One other object i6 to ~apidly sequence and identify individual base6.
Additional objects, adva~tage6 and novel feature6 of the in~ention will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part ~ill become apparent to those s~illed in the art upon e~amination of the following or may be learned by practice of the invention. The object6 and advantage6 of the invention may be realized and attained by mean~ of the instrumentalitie~ and combinations particularly pointed out in the appended claims.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
To achieve the foregoing and other object6. and in accordance with the purpo~e6 of the pre~ent invention, as embodied and broadly de6cribed herein, a method for DNA
and RNA ba~e 6equencin~ i~ provided. A ~ingle fragment from a ~trand of DNA or ~NA i~ su6pended in a moving sample stream. Using an e~onuclease, the end ba~e on the ` ` 131~247 DNA or R~A fragment ~s repetit~vely cleaved from the fragment to fo~m a train of the ba~es in the ~ample stream. T~e bases ace t~ereafter detected in ~equential passage through a detector which detects single molecules S to reconstruct the base sequence of the DNA or RNA
fragment.
In another ~haracterization of the pre~ent inventlon, strands of DNA or aNA are formed from the conEtituent bases, which have identifiable characteristics. The bases are ~equentially cleaved fron the end of a ~ingle fragment of the ~trands to form a train of the identifiable base6.
The 6inqle, cleaved base6 in the train are then sequentially identified to reconstruct the ba~e ~equence of the DNA or RNA strand.
In one particular characterization of the invention, each of the nucleotides effective for DNA and RNA
re~ynthesis i6 modified to possess an identifiable chaLacteriEtic. A strand of ~NA i6 6ynthesized from ~he modified nucleotide~, vhere the synthe6ized strand is complementary to ~ DNA or R~A ~trand having a ba~e 6equence to be determined. A single fragment of the comple~entary DNA or RNA is ~elected and suspended in a flowing sample stream. Individual identifiable nucleotides are sequentially cleaved from the free end of the suspended DNA strand. The single bases are then sequentially identified. T~e ba~e sequence of the parent DNA or RNA strand can then be determined from the complementary DNA 6trand base sequence.
BRIEF DESC~IPTION OP THE DRAWINGS
The accompanying dra~ing6, which are incorporated in and form a part of the ~pecification, illu~trate an embodiment of the present invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the in~ention. In the drawing6:
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131~2~7 FlGURE 1 1~ a graphic lllu~tration of a DNA ~equencing process according to the prQ6ent invention.
FlGURE 2 is a graphical repre6entation of an output signal according to the pre~ent invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION 0~ THE INVENTION
Accocding to the pre~ent invention, a method i8 provided for sequencing the ba6e~ in large DNA or RNA
fragment~ by isola~ing single DNA or ~NA fragments in a moving gtrea~ and then individually cleaving ~ingle ba6es into the flow stream, forming a sequence of the ba6e6 through a detection device. In one embodiment, the single ba6es in the flowing sample s~reams are interrogated by laser-induced fluorescence to determine the presence and identity of each ba~e.
It will be understood t~at DNA and RNA 6trand~ are each formed from nucleotides co~pri6ing one of four organic baaes: adenine, cytosine, quanine, and thymine (DNA) or uracil (~NA). The DNA and ~NA nucleotide6 are ~imilar, but not i~entical; however, the nucleotides and ~trands of nucleotide& can be functionally manipulated in a 6ub~tantially identical ~anner. Also, the complement of an RNA fragment i8 conventionally formed as a DNA strand with thy~ine in place of uracil. The ollowing de6cription i6 referenced to DNA sequencing, but any reference to DNA includes reference to both DNA and RNA
and without any limitation to DNA.
In a particular embodi~ent of the pre~ent invention, the initial ~tep i6 an enzymatic synthesi6 of a strand of DNA, complementary to a fragment to be sequenced, with each ba6e containing a fluore~cent taq characteristic of the base. Sequencing the co~plementary 6trand i~
equivalent to sequencing the original fragment. The synthesized ~trand i~ then suspended i~ a flowing sa~ple 131~247 ~trea~ containing 4n exonuclease to clea~e bases seguentlally f~om the f~ee end of the ~u~pended DNA or RNA. Tbe cleaved, fluore~cently labeled ba~es then pass through a focu~ed laser beam and are lndividually detected and identified by laser-induced fluorescence.
T~e maxi~uu rate that base~ may be ~equenced i8 determined by the kinetic~ of t~e exonuclease reaction with DNA or RNA and the rate of detection. A projected rate of lO00 base~/~ec vould ~esult in ~equencing 8 x 107 base~/day. Thi~ i~ in contrast to ~tandard technique~ which take 10-24 hours to sequence 200-500 ba6es.
Referring ~ow to Figure l, one effective ~equencing method comprisefi the follo~ing 6teps: (l) prepare a selected 6trand of DNA 10, in whic~ individual ba6e6 are provided with an identifiable characteristic, e.g., labeled with color-coded fluorescent tag6 to enable each of the four bases to be iden~ified, (2) select and su~pend 40 a 6ingle $r~gment of DNA ~ith identifiable bases in a ~0 flowing 6ample 6trea~, (3~ 6equentially cleave 20 the identifiable base~ from the free end of the su~pended DNA
fragment, and (4) identify the individual bases in 6equence, e.g., detect 34 the single, fluorescently labeled base6 as they flow through a focused laser 6ystem. Exemplary eubodiments of the individual proce66 step~ are hereinafter di6cu~sed.
Selection of DNA Fra~ent_to be Seauenced In accordance vith the pre~ent proces6, a single DNA
fragment lOa i6 6elected and pre~ared for labeling and analysis. In an exemplary selection proce66 from a heterogeneous mixture of DNA fragments, avidin i~ bound to microspheres and a bioti~ylated probe, complementary to 60me sequence wit~in the desired DNA fragment lOa, is 131~2~7 bound to the avidin on the microspheres. The avidin-biotinylated probe co~plex i8 then miYed with the heterogeneou6 mixture of DNA fragment6 to hybridize with t~e desired fragments lOa. The beads are separated from the unbound frag~ents and wa~hed to provide the de6ired homogeneous DNA fragment~ lOa.
The selected ragment6 are further processed by removing the fir6t ~icrosphere and ligating a tail of known ~equence 9 to the pri~er 12 attached to the 3' end of the fragment lOa. ~icrosphere~ 40 are prepared with phycoerythrin-avidin and sorted to contain a Eingle molecule of phycoerythrin-avidin. A single complementary probe 9a to the known ~equence 9 i6 biotinylated and bound to the sorted micro6phere6 40. The bead-probe complex is then hybridized to the selected fragment lOa. Thus, a 6ingle fragment of DNA lOa will be bound to each microsphere.
In another embodiment, a homogeneou6 60urce of DNA
fragment6 is providea. e.g. from a gene library. A
selection ~tep is not then required and the homogeneou~
DNA fragments can be hybridized with the microspheres 40 containing a single molecule of phycoerythrin-avidin, with the appropriate complementary probe attached as above.
In either case, a ~i~gle micro6phere 40 can now be manipulated u6ing, for example, a microinjection pipette to transfer a 6ingle fragment 6trand for labeling and analy6i6 as di~cu6sed below.
Fluore6cence Labelina of Bases The base~ for~ing the ~ingle fragment to be analyzed are provided with identifiable charaeteri6tie6. The identifiable characteristic may attach directly to each nucleotide of DNA ~trand lOa. Alternatively, bases may first be modified to obtain individual identifiable 8 13142~7 characteristics and resynthesized to selected strand lOa to form a complementary DNA strand. In either event, DNA
fragment lO is provided for analysis with identifiable bases.
05 In one embodiment, a fluorescent characteristic is provided. The bases found in DNA do have intrinsic fluorescence quantum yields ëlO 3 at room temperature.
In order to detect these bases by a fluorescence technique, however, it is desirable to modify them to form species with large fluorescence quantum yields and distinguishable spectral properties, i.e., to label the bases.
It is known how to synthesize a complementary strand of DNA with labeled bases using an enzymatic procedure. See, e.g., P. R. Langer et al., "Enzymatic Synthesis of Biotin-Labeled Polynucleotides: Novel Nucleic Acid Affinity Probes," Proc. Natl. Aca. Sci. USA 78, 6633 (1981); M. L.
Shimkus et al., "Synthesis and Characterization of Biotin-Labeled Nucleotide Analogs," DNA 5, 247 (1986).
Referring to Figure 1, a primer 12 is attached to the 3' end of a DNA fragment lOa and an enzyme, e.g., DNA
polymerase-Klenow fragment, is used to synthesize the complement to DNA fragment lOa starting from the end of primer 12. Modified deoxynucleotides 14, 16, 18, 22 are used in the synthesis (typically modified dATP 14a, dTTP
(or dUTP) 16a, dCTP 18a, and dGTP 22a).
Each of the modified nucleotides is formed with a long carbon chain linker arm 14b, 16b, 18b, and 22b, respectively, terminating in a characteristic fluorescent dye 14c, 16c, 18c, and 22c. The modified nucleotides 14, 16, 18, and 22 are then incorporated into the synthesized fragment by DNA polymerase. The long linker arms 14b, 131~7 g 16b, 18b, 22b isolate the ~luoeescent dye tags 14c, 16~, 18c, 22c from the b~e~ 14a, 16a, 18a, 22a ~o pernit uninhibited enzyme acti~ity.
DNA fragment~ ~everal ~B long have been synthe~ized with each ba~e containing a carbon chain l~nke~ arm ter~inating in biotin a~ hereinafter described. To exemplify the DNA ~ynthe6i~, tagging, and ~leaving processe6 a known fitrand of DNA nu~leotide6 was fo~ued, nucleotides were tagged with a linker arm terminating in biotin, and a complementary strand of D~A was ~ynthe~ized from the tagged nucleotides, ~iotin was used as a model tag rather than fluore~cent dye6 to demonstrate the synthe6i6 and cleavage reactions.
1. Preparation of knovn strand [d(A,G)]:
A polydeo~ynucleotide, dlA,G)2138, the method outlined in R. L. Ratliff et al., "Heteropolynucleotide Synthesi6 with Ter~inal Deoxyribonucleotidyltran~ferase," Biochemistry 6, 851 (1967) and "Het~ropoly~u~leotide~ Synthesized with Terminal Deoxyribonucleotidylt~an6fe~a6e. II. Neare6t Neighbor Frequencies and ~xtent of Dige6tion by Mi~rococcal Deoxyribonuclease," Biochemi6try 7, 412 (1968). The 6ub6cript, 2138, refers to the average number of ba~e6 in the fraqment and the comma between the A and the G indicate6 that the base6 are incorporated in a random order.
Ten micromoles of the 5~-triphosphate of 2'-deoxyadeno6ine (dATP) vere mixed with one micLomole of the 5~-triphosphate of 2~-deoxyguano~ine (dGTP) and 5.5 nanomole6 of the linear heptamer of 5~-thymidylic acid [d(pT)7] which act& as a p~imer. Ten thou~and units of terminal transfera~e were added to the solution ~hich wa6 buffered at pH 7 and the reaction ~iYture wa~ maintained 13142~7 at 37C for 24 houcs. (One unit i~ defined ~ the amount of enzyme wh~ch will poly~erize l nanomole of nucleotide in one hour.) The te~ulting d(A,G)2l38 was then ~eparated from the ceaction mixture and purified.
2. Peeparation of biotinylated complementary s~rand td(C~U)2l38]
The complementary strand of DNA to d(A,G)2l38, prepared as described above, ~as synthesized from nucleotides (dCTP) and d(UTP) tagged with biotin. A
mixture of lO nanomoles of the biotinylated 5'-tripho6phate of 2'-deo~ycytidine (dCTP) and 20 nanomole~ of the biotinylated S'-tripho6phate of 2'-deoxyuridine (dUTP) ~as added to lO nanomoles of d(A,G)2l38 and 22 picomoles of d(pT)7. Ten units of DNA polymera6e (E coli), ~lenow fragment, ~ere then added to the mixture which wa~ buffered at pH 8 and maintained at a temperature of 37C for 2 hour6. Analysis of the resulting product6 by electrophoresi~ demonstrated that the reaction went to co~pletion and the completely biotinylated co~plementary DNA fragment, d(C.U)213~, wa~
formed.
3. Exonuclease cleavage of biotinylated d~C,U)2l38:
The completely biotinylated d(C,U)2l38, syntheEized as de6cribed above, wa6 sequentially cleaved by adding lO
units of exonuclease lII to 5 nanomoles of d(~,G)2l38 biotinylated d(C,V)2l38. The reaction mixture wa6 maintained at pH 8 and 37C for two hour6. At the end of t~o hour6, analy6i6 of the reaction mixture 6howed that 30% of the DNA wa~ cleaved and the cleavaqe reaction appeared to be still proceeding. A
control reaction using normal d~C,T)2l3 yielded 85%
cleavage in t~o hours. Hence, biotinylation does appear 131~2~7 t~ 810w the cleavage reaction ~ffinq exonuclease III, but t~e tagged nucleotides were sequentially cleaved from the DNA fragments.
In accordance ~ith t~e present invention, the selected fluorescent dye6 are ~ub6tituted for biotin to ~pecifically tag each nucleot~de type with a dye characteristic of that ~ucleotide. The re~ulting complementary DNA chain will then provide each base with a characteri~tic, 6trongly fluore~cing dye. By way of example, Smith et al., 6uPra, teach a 6et of four individually di6tingui~hable tags.
The sen~itivity for fluorescence detection ca~ be increased, if nece~sary, by attaching 6everal dye molecule6 along the linker arm. Alternatively, large phycoerythrin-like ~olecules or even ~mall microgphere6 containing many dye molecule6 may be attached to the linker arm. In yet another alternative, fluore6cent labels might be attached to the primary, single 6tranded fragment, thereby eliminati~g the nece6~ity of forming labeled bases and synthesizing t~e complementary strand.
It 6hould be noted that DNA fragment lO may be either a 6ingle or double strand of DNA. A 6ingle ~trand of DNA
ari~e6 where the selected DNA 6trand i6 directly tagged for base identification or ~here the resynthesized complementary tagged DNA strand i6 separated from the 6elected 6trand. A double 6trand ari6e6 where the re6ynthesized DNA ~trand remain6 combined vith the - selected ~t~and. As used herein, the term "fraqment"
refer6 to any and all of 6uch condition6.
Enzymatic Cleavaae of t~_T~so~L~ ~_leotide6 After DNA fragment lO i6 formed with identifiable bases and hybridized to micro6phere ~O, a 6ingle fragment lO can be manipulated with ~icrosphere 40 and suspended in 12 131~247 flow stream 24 Exonuclease 20 is used to cleave bases 14a, 16a, 18a, 22a sequentially from single DNA fragment 10 suspended in flow stream 24. While the presence of the linker arm and the fluorescent dye may inhibit the 05 enzymatic activity of some exonucleases, suitable exonucleases will cleave with only a slight reduction in rate. Individual bases have been sequentially enzymatically cleaved from DNA fragments formed completely from biotinylated nucleotides as demonstrated above. See, also, e.g., M. L. Shimkus et al., supra. The rate of cleavage can be adjusted by varying the exonuclease concentration, temperature, or by the use of poisoning agents. The time to remove one base can be made to be on the order of one millisecond. See, e.g., W. E. Razzell et al., "Studies on Polynucleotides," J. Bio. Chem. 234 No 8, 2105-2112 (1959).
Sinqle Molecule Detection The individual modified nucleotides 14, 16, 18, and 22 are carried by flow stream 24 into flow cell 26 for detection and analysis by single molecule detection system 34. One embodiment of a laser-induced fluorescence detection system is described in D. C. Nguyen et al., "Ultrasensitive Laser-Induced Fluorescence Detection in Hydrodynamically Focused Flows," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, 4, 138-143, No. 2 (1987). The photomultiplier-based detection system described therein has detected single molecules of phycoerythrin in focused, flowing sample streams by laser-induced fluorescence. See D. C. Nguyen et al., "Detection of Single Molecules of Phycoerythrin in Hydrodynamically Focused Flows by Laser-Induced Fluorescence," Anal. Chem. 59, 2158-2161 (September 1987).
13 131~2~7 Phycoerythr~n i8 a large protein contalning the equivalent of 25 rhodamine-6G dye ~olecules. The detection of ~ingle molecules/chromophore6 of rhoda~ine-6G
and equivalent dye moleculeB i8 su~ge6ted by ~ystem improvements. Thus, a co~bination of improved light collection efficiency, i~proved de~ector quantum efficiency, or pul~ed excitation and gated detection to reduce background noise can be used witb the Nguyen et al.
sy&tem. Detection of phycoerythrin was accomplished in the 180 ~s it took the molecule to flow through the focused laser beam.
In a preferred embodiment of the present proces6, the hydrodynamically focused floY system of Nguyen et al. is provided with an i~proved fluorescence detection system described in a copending patent application by Shera, "Single Holecule Tracking,~ Canadian Application No.
578,710 filed September 28, 1988. As therein described, flow stream 24 provides to flow cell 26 modified nucleotide~ 14, 16, 18, and 22 in t~e sequence they are cleaved from DN~ 6trand 10. Laser 6y6tem 32 excite~
fluorescent dye~ 14c, 16c, 18c, and 22c at selected wavelength6 for identification in laminar ~ample flow 28 within flow cell 26.
Fluore6cent events contained in optical 6ignal 36 are focused by len6 38 on position sen6itive detector system 42. Detector ~ystem 42 may comprise a microchannel plate (MCP) sen60r to output spatial coordinate~ of observed photon events. An internal clock provide6 a temporal coordinate, ~herein data processor 44 determine6 the pre~ence of a molecule within f low cell 26. Molecular spectral response to la6er 32 excitation enable6 the - specific modified nucleotide to be identified. A6 noted by Shera, suPra, data handling in the ~ingle molecule 14 13142~7 detection system 34 effectively provides a moving sample volume within focused flow stream 28 which contains only a single tagged nucleotide. System 34 can thus track multiple molecules existing within focused flow stream 28 05 to enable a high rate of sequencing to be maintained.
Referring now to Figure 2, there is shown a representative output signal from the single molecule detection system. The individual nucleotide molecules 14, 16, 18, and 22 are individually cleaved from DNA strand lO
into flow stream 24. The flow velocity and laminar flow conditions maintain the molecules in a train for sequential passage through flow cell 26 and the emitted photons from laser-excited molecular fluorescence are assigned to individual molecules passing within the cell. The characteristic dye for each type nucleotide is selected to have an identifiable excitation or fluorescence spectrum.
This characteristic spectrum can be used to establish the base sequence for the DNA strand being investigated. It j will be appreciated that the present process further provides a capability to sort the detected molecules and deposit them on a moving substrate for subsequent identification, e.g., as described in M. R. Melamed et al., "Flow Cytometry and Sorting," Wiley, New York (1979). The flow stream maintains the bases spatially isolated in a flow stream for presentation to a secondary identification device. The position between molecules on the moving substrate can be adjustable and can be large enough to resolve the sorted molecules by other techniques.
The foregoing description of the preferred embodiment of the invention has been presented for purposes of illustration and description. It is not intended to be 13142~7 exhaustive or to li~it the inYention to the precise fors disclosed, and obv~ously many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching. The embodi~ent was chosen ~nd described in ocder to best explain the principle6 of the invention and its practical application to thereby enable other~ skilled in the ~rt to be~t utilize the invention in Yariou6 e~bodiments and with various ~odification~ a~ ace ~uited to the particular u~e - contemplated. It i6 intended that the ~cope of the invention be defined by the claim6 appended hereto.
The completely biotinylated d(C,U)2l38, syntheEized as de6cribed above, wa6 sequentially cleaved by adding lO
units of exonuclease lII to 5 nanomoles of d(~,G)2l38 biotinylated d(C,V)2l38. The reaction mixture wa6 maintained at pH 8 and 37C for two hour6. At the end of t~o hour6, analy6i6 of the reaction mixture 6howed that 30% of the DNA wa~ cleaved and the cleavaqe reaction appeared to be still proceeding. A
control reaction using normal d~C,T)2l3 yielded 85%
cleavage in t~o hours. Hence, biotinylation does appear 131~2~7 t~ 810w the cleavage reaction ~ffinq exonuclease III, but t~e tagged nucleotides were sequentially cleaved from the DNA fragments.
In accordance ~ith t~e present invention, the selected fluorescent dye6 are ~ub6tituted for biotin to ~pecifically tag each nucleot~de type with a dye characteristic of that ~ucleotide. The re~ulting complementary DNA chain will then provide each base with a characteri~tic, 6trongly fluore~cing dye. By way of example, Smith et al., 6uPra, teach a 6et of four individually di6tingui~hable tags.
The sen~itivity for fluorescence detection ca~ be increased, if nece~sary, by attaching 6everal dye molecule6 along the linker arm. Alternatively, large phycoerythrin-like ~olecules or even ~mall microgphere6 containing many dye molecule6 may be attached to the linker arm. In yet another alternative, fluore6cent labels might be attached to the primary, single 6tranded fragment, thereby eliminati~g the nece6~ity of forming labeled bases and synthesizing t~e complementary strand.
It 6hould be noted that DNA fragment lO may be either a 6ingle or double strand of DNA. A 6ingle ~trand of DNA
ari~e6 where the selected DNA 6trand i6 directly tagged for base identification or ~here the resynthesized complementary tagged DNA strand i6 separated from the 6elected 6trand. A double 6trand ari6e6 where the re6ynthesized DNA ~trand remain6 combined vith the - selected ~t~and. As used herein, the term "fraqment"
refer6 to any and all of 6uch condition6.
Enzymatic Cleavaae of t~_T~so~L~ ~_leotide6 After DNA fragment lO i6 formed with identifiable bases and hybridized to micro6phere ~O, a 6ingle fragment lO can be manipulated with ~icrosphere 40 and suspended in 12 131~247 flow stream 24 Exonuclease 20 is used to cleave bases 14a, 16a, 18a, 22a sequentially from single DNA fragment 10 suspended in flow stream 24. While the presence of the linker arm and the fluorescent dye may inhibit the 05 enzymatic activity of some exonucleases, suitable exonucleases will cleave with only a slight reduction in rate. Individual bases have been sequentially enzymatically cleaved from DNA fragments formed completely from biotinylated nucleotides as demonstrated above. See, also, e.g., M. L. Shimkus et al., supra. The rate of cleavage can be adjusted by varying the exonuclease concentration, temperature, or by the use of poisoning agents. The time to remove one base can be made to be on the order of one millisecond. See, e.g., W. E. Razzell et al., "Studies on Polynucleotides," J. Bio. Chem. 234 No 8, 2105-2112 (1959).
Sinqle Molecule Detection The individual modified nucleotides 14, 16, 18, and 22 are carried by flow stream 24 into flow cell 26 for detection and analysis by single molecule detection system 34. One embodiment of a laser-induced fluorescence detection system is described in D. C. Nguyen et al., "Ultrasensitive Laser-Induced Fluorescence Detection in Hydrodynamically Focused Flows," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, 4, 138-143, No. 2 (1987). The photomultiplier-based detection system described therein has detected single molecules of phycoerythrin in focused, flowing sample streams by laser-induced fluorescence. See D. C. Nguyen et al., "Detection of Single Molecules of Phycoerythrin in Hydrodynamically Focused Flows by Laser-Induced Fluorescence," Anal. Chem. 59, 2158-2161 (September 1987).
13 131~2~7 Phycoerythr~n i8 a large protein contalning the equivalent of 25 rhodamine-6G dye ~olecules. The detection of ~ingle molecules/chromophore6 of rhoda~ine-6G
and equivalent dye moleculeB i8 su~ge6ted by ~ystem improvements. Thus, a co~bination of improved light collection efficiency, i~proved de~ector quantum efficiency, or pul~ed excitation and gated detection to reduce background noise can be used witb the Nguyen et al.
sy&tem. Detection of phycoerythrin was accomplished in the 180 ~s it took the molecule to flow through the focused laser beam.
In a preferred embodiment of the present proces6, the hydrodynamically focused floY system of Nguyen et al. is provided with an i~proved fluorescence detection system described in a copending patent application by Shera, "Single Holecule Tracking,~ Canadian Application No.
578,710 filed September 28, 1988. As therein described, flow stream 24 provides to flow cell 26 modified nucleotide~ 14, 16, 18, and 22 in t~e sequence they are cleaved from DN~ 6trand 10. Laser 6y6tem 32 excite~
fluorescent dye~ 14c, 16c, 18c, and 22c at selected wavelength6 for identification in laminar ~ample flow 28 within flow cell 26.
Fluore6cent events contained in optical 6ignal 36 are focused by len6 38 on position sen6itive detector system 42. Detector ~ystem 42 may comprise a microchannel plate (MCP) sen60r to output spatial coordinate~ of observed photon events. An internal clock provide6 a temporal coordinate, ~herein data processor 44 determine6 the pre~ence of a molecule within f low cell 26. Molecular spectral response to la6er 32 excitation enable6 the - specific modified nucleotide to be identified. A6 noted by Shera, suPra, data handling in the ~ingle molecule 14 13142~7 detection system 34 effectively provides a moving sample volume within focused flow stream 28 which contains only a single tagged nucleotide. System 34 can thus track multiple molecules existing within focused flow stream 28 05 to enable a high rate of sequencing to be maintained.
Referring now to Figure 2, there is shown a representative output signal from the single molecule detection system. The individual nucleotide molecules 14, 16, 18, and 22 are individually cleaved from DNA strand lO
into flow stream 24. The flow velocity and laminar flow conditions maintain the molecules in a train for sequential passage through flow cell 26 and the emitted photons from laser-excited molecular fluorescence are assigned to individual molecules passing within the cell. The characteristic dye for each type nucleotide is selected to have an identifiable excitation or fluorescence spectrum.
This characteristic spectrum can be used to establish the base sequence for the DNA strand being investigated. It j will be appreciated that the present process further provides a capability to sort the detected molecules and deposit them on a moving substrate for subsequent identification, e.g., as described in M. R. Melamed et al., "Flow Cytometry and Sorting," Wiley, New York (1979). The flow stream maintains the bases spatially isolated in a flow stream for presentation to a secondary identification device. The position between molecules on the moving substrate can be adjustable and can be large enough to resolve the sorted molecules by other techniques.
The foregoing description of the preferred embodiment of the invention has been presented for purposes of illustration and description. It is not intended to be 13142~7 exhaustive or to li~it the inYention to the precise fors disclosed, and obv~ously many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching. The embodi~ent was chosen ~nd described in ocder to best explain the principle6 of the invention and its practical application to thereby enable other~ skilled in the ~rt to be~t utilize the invention in Yariou6 e~bodiments and with various ~odification~ a~ ace ~uited to the particular u~e - contemplated. It i6 intended that the ~cope of the invention be defined by the claim6 appended hereto.
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1. A method for DNA and RNA base sequencing, comprising the steps of:
isolating a single fragment of DNA or RNA;
introducing said single fragment into a moving sample stream:
sequentially cleaving the end base from the DNA or RNA
fragment with exonuclease to form a train of said bases:
and detecting said bases in said train in sequential passage through a detector which detects single molecules.
isolating a single fragment of DNA or RNA;
introducing said single fragment into a moving sample stream:
sequentially cleaving the end base from the DNA or RNA
fragment with exonuclease to form a train of said bases:
and detecting said bases in said train in sequential passage through a detector which detects single molecules.
2. A method according to Claim 1, wherein each said base of said single fragment is modified to contain a tag having an identifiable characteristic for said base.
3. A method according to Claim 2, where said bases are modified prior to said cleavage.
4. A method according to Claim 2, further including the step of enzymatically synthesizing a strand of DNA
complementary to a DNA or RNA strand to be characterized, where each nucleotide forming said synthesized strand contains a tag characteristic of that nucleotide.
complementary to a DNA or RNA strand to be characterized, where each nucleotide forming said synthesized strand contains a tag characteristic of that nucleotide.
5. A method according to Claim 2, where said tag is separated from the nucleotide by a linker arm that does not effect said cleavage.
6. A method according to Claim 2, wherein said cleaved bases are detected optically.
7. A method according to Claim 6, wherein each said tag is a fluorescent dye characteristic of one type of said nucleotide.
8. A method according to Claim 7, further including the step of exciting each said fluorescent dye and detecting the fluorescence spectrum of said dye.
9. A method according to Claim 1, wherein said step of isolating said single fragment of DNA or RNA includes the step of hybridizing said fragment to a substrate having a site effective for said hybridization.
10. A method according to Claim 9, further including the step of selecting said DNA or RNA fragments from a heterogeneous collection of DNA or RNA fragments wherein said site is a biotinylated probe complementary to said DNA
or RNA fragments to be selected.
or RNA fragments to be selected.
11. A method according to Claim 9, wherein said isolating said single fragment includes the step of providing said substrate with a single site complementary to a single DNA fragment.
12. A method for base sequencing of DNA or RNA
fragments, comprising the steps of:
forming said fragments with bases having identifiable characteristics;
introducing said fragments into a moving sample stream;
sequentially cleaving single identifiable bases from a single one of said fragments by action of an exonuclease to form a train of said identifiable bases; and identifying said single, cleaved bases in said train.
fragments, comprising the steps of:
forming said fragments with bases having identifiable characteristics;
introducing said fragments into a moving sample stream;
sequentially cleaving single identifiable bases from a single one of said fragments by action of an exonuclease to form a train of said identifiable bases; and identifying said single, cleaved bases in said train.
13. A method according to claim 12, further including the step of attaching a characteristic identifiable fluorescent dye to each said base.
14. A method according to Claim 12, wherein the steps of forming said fragments include the steps of forming by enzymatic synthesis a complementary strand of said DNA or RNA to be sequenced from said bases having identifiable characteristics and thereafter base sequencing said complementary strand.
15. A method according to Claim 14, further including the step of attaching a characteristic identifiable fluorescent dye to each said base.
16. A method according to Claim 13, wherein said step of identifying said single, cleaved bases includes the step of exciting each said fluorescent dye and detecting the fluorescence spectrum of said dye.
17. A method according to claim 15, wherein said step of identifying said single, cleaved bases includes the step of exciting each said fluorescent dye and detecting the fluorescence spectrum of said dye.
18. A method for DNA or RNA base sequencing, comprising the steps of:
modifying each nucleotide for DNA or RNA synthesis to attach a fluorescent dye characteristic of that nucleotide with a linker arm that does not effect DNA or RNA synthesis and exonuclease cleavage;
synthesizing from said modified nucleotides a strand of DNA complementary to a DNA or RNA strand having a base sequence to be determined;
introducing said complementary DNA strand into a moving sample stream;
cleaving by action of an exonuclease each said modified nucleotide sequentially from a single fragment containing said complementary DNA strand; and fluorescing each said characteristic dye to identify said sequence of nucleotides.
modifying each nucleotide for DNA or RNA synthesis to attach a fluorescent dye characteristic of that nucleotide with a linker arm that does not effect DNA or RNA synthesis and exonuclease cleavage;
synthesizing from said modified nucleotides a strand of DNA complementary to a DNA or RNA strand having a base sequence to be determined;
introducing said complementary DNA strand into a moving sample stream;
cleaving by action of an exonuclease each said modified nucleotide sequentially from a single fragment containing said complementary DNA strand; and fluorescing each said characteristic dye to identify said sequence of nucleotides.
19. A method according to Claim 18, wherein the step of fluorescing said dyes further comprises the steps of:
exciting each said modified nucleotide with a laser that excites said characteristic dye to cause fluorescence;
and detecting said fluorescence to sequentially identify said nucleotides and generate said sequence of said DNA or RNA.
exciting each said modified nucleotide with a laser that excites said characteristic dye to cause fluorescence;
and detecting said fluorescence to sequentially identify said nucleotides and generate said sequence of said DNA or RNA.
20. A method according to Claim 18, wherein each complementary DNA strand is introduced into said flow stream by hybridizing said fragment to a microsphere having a site effective for hybridization.
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