Abstract:
A system for detecting one or more target molecules includes a reaction device and a temperature controller. The reaction device comprises a plurality of reaction sites and plurality of field effect transistors corresponding to the plurality of reaction sites. At least two of the reaction sites may receive a reaction solution including two target molecules. The temperature controller is configured to control a temperature of at least one of the reaction sites or the reaction solution received by the at least one reaction site. At least some of the reaction sites may receive a reagent supporting an amplification reaction. When the reaction is subjected to an amplification assay, an amplified product is produced in the at least some of the reaction sites. The plurality of field effect transistors are configured to detect at least one of the amplified products.
Abstract:
Methods, compositions and kits for capturing, detecting and quantifying mature small RNAs are provided herein. Embodiments of the methods comprise tailing both the 5′ and 3′ ends of mature small RNA by ligating a 5′ ligation adaptor to the 5′ end and polyadenylating the 3′ end. Other embodiments comprise reverse transcribing the adaptor ligated, polyadenylated mature small RNA with a universal reverse transcription primer and amplifying the cDNA with universal primers.