DK2398915T3 - Syntese af sekvensverificerede nukleinsyrer - Google Patents
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1. Fremgangsmåde til automatisk indvinding af sekvensverificerede nukleinsyrer fra en plade, en bærer og/eller et substrat, hvilken fremgangsmåde omfatter følgende trin: (1) at tilvejebringe en blanding af nukleinsyrer, (2) at omdanne nukleinsyreblandingen til et klonalt bibliotek, som er til stede på pladen, bæreren og/eller substratet, ved at individualisere nukleinsyrerne i blandingen fra (1), (3) at sekventere det klonale bibliotek parallelt, hvor, som resultat deraf, sekvensen og placeringen er kendt for hvert enkelt molekyle i det klonale bibliotek, og (4) at indvinde de sekvensverificerede nukleinsyremolekyler, hvor indvindingen omfatter computerstøttet lokalisering af de sekvensverificerede nukleinsyremolekyler på et mikroskopibillede af pladen, bæreren og/eller substratet ved hjælp af referencepunkter, og hvor referencepunkternes placeringer identificeres på mikroskopibilledet af bæreren ved hjælp af det klonale DNA med kendt sekvens.
2. Fremgangsmåde ifølge krav 1, hvor bæreren er valgt blandt objektglas, geler, polymerer, kapillarrør, mikrofluidbærere, membraner, porøse bærere, plast, silicium, ordnede eller kaotiske porer, svampestrukturer, terninger, 2D og 3D, emulsioner, dendrimerer, perler, partikler, resiner, metaller, nanopartikler og nanostrukturer eller kombinationer deraf.
3. Fremgangsmåde ifølge et hvilket som helst af kravene 1-2, hvor bæreren omfatter perler.
4. Fremgangsmåde ifølge krav 3, hvor den computerstøttede lokalisering gør brug af referencepunkter ved at anvende farvede eller fluorescerende perler, der bærer det klonale DNA med kendt sekvens, som kan lokaliseres i sekventerings-apparatet og på mikroskopibilledet.
5. Fremgangsmåde ifølge et hvilket som helst af kravene 1-4, hvor indvindingen i trin (4) omfatter afkopiering eller kopiering og amplifikation af de bærer-bundne nukleinsyremolekyler.
6. Fremgangsmåde ifølge et hvilket som helst af kravene 1-5, hvor indvindingen omfatter laserudslyngning, laserindfangning, brug af laserpincetter og/eller laserskæring.
7. Fremgangsmåde ifølge et hvilket som helst af kravene 1-6, hvor bæreren tilvejebringes som eller i en mikrotiterplade, en nanotiterplade og/eller en picoti-terplade.
8. Fremgangsmåde ifølge et hvilket som helst af kravene 1 -7, hvor trin (3) omfatter Sanger-sekventering, næstegenerationssekventering, sekventering-ved-syntese, sekventering-ved-ligering, enkeltmolekyle-sekventering eller nanopore-sekventering.
9. Fremgangsmåde ifølge et hvilket som helst af kravene 1 -8, hvor trin (2) omfatter emulsions-PCR, broamplifikation, MegaPlex-PCR, frembringelse af polonier og/eller rullecirkel-amplifikation (rolling circle amplification), hvor emulsions-PCR foretrækkes.
10. Fremgangsmåde ifølge et hvilket som helst af kravene 1-9, som endvidere omfatter trinet (5) til dannelse af en eller flere pools af sekvensverificerede nukleinsyremolekyler.
11. Apparat til fremstilling af sekvensverificerede nukleinsyrefragmenter, hvilket apparat indbefatter (a) en enhed/et middel til at generere en klonal repræsentation af en nukleinsy-reblanding på en plade, en bærer og/eller et substrat, hvor den klonale repræsentation af en nukleinsyreblanding fortrinsvis omfatter monokloniserede nukleinsyrer opnået fra blandingen, (b) en enhed/et middel til at sekventere den klonale repræsentation af nukleinsy-reblandingen og generere sekvensinformationen og informationen om den fysiske placering for hvert af nukleinsyrefragmenterne, (c) en enhed/et middel til at forbinde sekvensinformationen med den fysiske position eller placering af nukleinsyrefragmenterne, hvor enheden/midlet omfatter et middel til at identificere den fysiske position eller placering af nukleinsyrefragmenterne ved hjælp af referencepunkter på et mikroskopibillede af pladen, bæreren og/eller substratet, (d) en enhed/et middel til at frigøre de sekvensverificerede nukleinsyrefragmenter fra bæreren på grundlag af den tilvejebragte sekvens og placeringsinformation og (e) en enhed/et middel til at indvinde de frigjorte sekvensverificerede nukleinsyrefragmenter fra bæreren.
12. Apparat til automatisk indvinding af sekvensverificerede nukleinsyrefragmenter, hvilket apparat indbefatter (a) en enhed/et middel til at registrere et mikroskopibillede af en bærer, som omfatter perler opnået fra parallel sekventering af et klonalt bibliotek af en nuklein-syreblanding, (b) en enhed/et middel til at tilvejebringe placerings- og sekvensinformationen for hvert af de klonale nukleinsyrefragmenter på bæreren fra (a), (c) en enhed/et middel til at forbinde sekvensinformationen med den fysiske position eller placering af nukleinsyrefragmenterne, hvor enheden/midlet omfatter et middel til at identificere den fysiske position eller placering af nukleinsyrefragmenterne ved hjælp af referencepunkter på mikroskopibilledet af bæreren fra (a), (d) en enhed/et middel til at indvinde nukleinsyrefragmenterne fra bæreren på grundlag af den i trin (c) tilvejebragte sekvens og placeringsinformation og (e) en enhed/et middel til at frigøre de sekvensverificerede nukleinsyrefragmenter fra perlerne.
13. Apparat ifølge krav 11 eller 12, hvor referencepunkterne omfatter farvede eller fluorescerende perler, der bærer veldefinerede DNA-sekvenser, som kan lokaliseres i sekventeringsapparatet og på mikroskopibilledet.
14. Apparat ifølge et hvilket som helst af kravene 11-13, som indeholder yderligere en enhed/et middel til at reformatere de indvundne sekvensverificerede nu-kleinsyrefragmenter.
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