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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-9-10
pubmed:abstractText
DNA molecules differing by as little as a single-base substitution have traditionally been distinguished by gel electrophoresis-based methodologies that exploit differences in the sequence-specific properties of double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) such as melting temperature and secondary conformational configuration. By comparison, solution-based fluorescence methods using sequence-specific probes are limited to detecting mutations restricted to very short segments of DNA ( approximately 20 bp). We describe a solution-based fluorescence method that discriminates between wild-type and mutant sequences using a dsDNA binding dye, and interrogates a region of >200 nucleotides. This method is based on melting theory and entails fluorescence monitoring of the melting temperatures of GC-clamped amplicons subjected to gradual and progressive thermal denaturation in the presence of a constant concentration of urea. Heterozygous samples are easily identified by the lower melting temperatures of the less thermodynamically stable heteroduplex mismatches from the wild-type:mutant DNA hybrids as compared to the more stable wild-type Watson-Crick duplexes. All of the four possible sets of mismatches (A.G/T.C, T.G/A.C, G.G/C.C, and T.T/A.A) represented in 17 heterozygous mutations distributed throughout the length of 20 different amplicons (104 to 212 bp), were distinguished from the wild-type by their altered melting profiles. This methodology is advantageous in that it obviates gel electrophoresis or labeled oligonucleotide probes. Significantly, it expands the region of interrogation for detection of single-base changes using fluorescence-based methods in solution, and is amenable for automation and adaptation to high-throughput systems.
pubmed:grant
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0002-9440
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
159
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
845-53
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Solution-based scanning for single-base alterations using a double-stranded DNA binding dye and fluorescence-melting profiles.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132, USA. kojo.elenitobaj@path.utah.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't