Enzymatic Amplification of β-Globin Genomic Sequences and Restriction Site Analysis for Diagnosis of Sickle Cell Anemia

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) - Tập 230 Số 4732 - Trang 1350-1354 - 1985
Randall K. Saiki1, Stephen J. Scharf1, Fred Faloona1, Kary B. Mullis1, Glenn T. Horn1, Henry A. Erlich1, Norman Arnheim1
1Department of Human Genetics Cetus Corporation Emeryville, California 94608

Tóm tắt

Two new methods were used to establish a rapid and highly sensitive prenatal diagnostic test for sickle cell anemia. The first involves the primer-mediated enzymatic amplification of specific β-globin target sequences in genomic DNA, resulting in the exponential increase (220,000 times) of target DNA copies. In the second technique, the presence of the β A and β S alleles is determined by restriction endonuclease digestion of an end-labeled oligonucleotide probe hybridized in solution to the amplified β-globin sequences. The β-globin genotype can be determined in less than 1 day on samples containing significantly less than 1 microgram of genomic DNA.

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