Enzymatic Amplification of β -Globin Genomic Sequences and Restriction Site Analysis for Diagnosis of Sickle Cell Anemia
Abstract
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.
- Publication:
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Science
- Pub Date:
- December 1985
- DOI:
- 10.1126/science.2999980
- Bibcode:
- 1985Sci...230.1350S