摘要:
Methods for screening of affinity reagents for many target proteins of interest simultaneously. Arrayed targets (e.g., peptide, protein, RNA, cell, etc.) are used in affinity selection experiments to reduce the amount of target needed and to improve the throughput of discovering recombinant affinity reagents to a large collection of targets.
摘要:
The present invention provides assays and assay systems for use in spatially encoded biological assays. The invention provides an assay system comprising an assay capable of high levels of multiplexing where reagents are provided to a biological sample in defined spatial patterns; instrumentation capable of controlled delivery of reagents according to the spatial patterns; and a decoding scheme providing a readout that is digital in nature.
摘要:
The invention relates to a method of immobilising at least one RNA molecule onto a surface of a support comprising: i) providing a first support having a surface on which at least one DNA molecule is immobilised, wherein the DNA molecule encodes an RNA molecule and the encoded RNA molecule comprises a binding molecule; ii) providing a second support having a surface on which at least one binding partner for interacting with the binding molecule is immobilised; iii) arranging the first and second supports such that the surfaces displaying the immobilised molecules are in close proximity and substantially face each other, and contacting the DNA molecule immobilised on the surface of the first support with transcription reagents; and iv) carrying out a transcription reaction to generate the encoded RNA molecule, wherein the RNA molecule is directly immobilised onto the surface of the second support via an interaction between the binding molecule of the RNA molecule and the binding partner on the surface of the second support.
摘要:
A method for determining the presence of a copy number imbalance in genomic DNA of a test sample is provided. The method can separately measure hybridization of a single test sample to a first hybridization array and hybridization of a plurality of reference samples to a plurality of other, respective test arrays. A determination of copy number can be based on the best fit reference array, relative to the test array. The best fit can be determined based on the closest or most similar signal-to-noise ratio of the measured signals.
摘要:
The invention provides a method of selecting a representational sample of nucleic acid sequences from a complex mixture. The method includes: (a) contacting a complex mixture of nucleic acids under conditions sufficient for hybridization with a population of capture probes complementary to one or more nucleic acids comprising a predetermined portion of the sequence collectively present in the complex mixture to form hybridization complexes of the one or more nucleic acids with the population of probes, the population of capture probes being attached to a solid support, and (b) removing unhybridized nucleic acids to select a representational sample of nucleic acids having a complexity of less than 10% but more than 0.001% of the complex mixture, wherein the representational sample comprises a nucleic acid copy having a proportion of each sequence in the copy relative to all other sequences in the copy substantially the same as the proportions of the sequences in the predetermined portion of one or more nucleic acids within the complex mixture. A method of selecting a representational sample of genomic sequences from a complete genome also is provided. The invention further provides a nucleic acid population that includes a representational sample having a complexity of less than 10% but more than 0.001% of a complex mixture, the representational sample comprising a nucleic acid copy having a proportion of each sequence in the copy relative to all other sequences in the copy substantially the same as the proportions of sequences in a predetermined portion of a sequence collectively present in one or more nucleic acids within the complex mixture.
摘要:
Arrays and methods for detecting one or more biological molecules, where the methods generally comprise the steps of: providing a first support structure fixed with one or more reagents; providing a second support structure fixed with a plurality of ligands; contacting the reagents fixed to the first support structure with the ligands fixed to the second support structure whereby a plurality of the reagents bind to one or more of the ligands; and separating the first support structure from the second support structure so that the plurality of the bound reagents remain bound to a plurality of ligands on the second support after separation. In one preferred method, proteins are immobilized on a support with adequate strength so that the proteins can be dissociated from the support under certain conditions, such as after binding with other proteins immobilized on another support. For example, antibody arrays produced according to the present invention may be used to detect protein expressions in a protein lysate and may be used in immunostaining to reveal the presence and location of protein in cells.
摘要:
Methods, compositions and kits for detecting analytes of interest in a sample using electrogenerated chemiluminescence are provided. Compositions comprising at least one solid support that entraps or contains an electrogenerated chemiluminescent moiety also provided.
摘要:
A self-addressable, self-assembling microelectronic device is designed and fabricated to actively carry out and control multi-step and multiplex molecular biological reactions in microscopic formats. These reactions include nucleic acid hybridization, antibody/antigen reaction, diagnostics, and biopolymer synthesis. The device can be fabricated using both microlithographic and micro-machining techniques. The device can electronically control the transport and attachment of specific binding entities to specific micro-locations. The specific binding entities include molecular biological molecules such as nucleic acids and polypeptides. The device can subsequently control the transport and reaction of analytes or reactants at the addressed specific micro-locations. The device is able to concentrate analytes and reactants, remove non-specifically bound molecules, provide stringency control for DNA hybridization reactions, and improve the detection of analytes. The device can be electronically replicated.
摘要:
A method for the realisation of DNA microarrays with linear high density probes, comprising a phase of replication of template DNA strands of a template microarray and a subsequent phase of stamping of the molecules obtained by replication on a substrate via the SuNS technique; the template strands (21, 38, 44) of said template microarray are either composed of or derived from a rolling circle (21; 38; 43).
摘要:
The present invention relates to a method for determining an analyte in a sample. According to the method of the present invention, a probe is transferred from a stamp member onto an analyte that is bound to a support member. The present invention is particularly suitable for microarrays.