This invention relates to the methods, apparatus, reagents and mixtures of reagents for sequencing natural or recombinant DNA and other polynucleotides. In particular, this invention relates to a method for sequencing polynucleotides based on mass spectrometry to determine which of the four bases (adenine, guanine, cytosine or thymine) is a component of the terminal nucleotide. In particular, the present invention relates to identifying the individual nucleotides by the mass of stable nuclide markers contained within either the dideoxynucleotides, the DNA primer, or the deoxynucleotide added to the primer. This invention is particularly useful in identifying specific DNA sequences in very small quantities in biological products produced by fermentation or other genetic engineering techniques. The invention is therefore useful in evaluating safety and other health concerns related to the presence of DNA in products resulting from genetic engineering techniques.
本发明涉及用于测序自然或
重组DNA和其他多核苷酸的方法、装置、试剂和试剂混合物。特别地,本发明涉及一种基于质谱法的多核苷酸测序方法,以确定四种碱基(
腺嘌呤、
鸟嘌呤、
胞嘧啶或胸腺
嘧啶)中哪一种是末端核苷酸的组成部分。具体而言,本发明涉及通过稳定核素标记的质量来识别单个核苷酸,这些标记包含在二脱氧核苷酸、DNA引物或添加到引物中的脱氧核苷酸中。本发明特别适用于在发酵或其他
基因工程技术产生的
生物制品中识别极小量的特定DNA序列。因此,本发明有助于评估与
基因工程技术产生的产品中DNA存在相关的安全和其他健康问题。