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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2018
Bio-rad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, CA (US);
Eli A. Hefner, Fairfield, CA (US);
Dianna Maar, Mountain House, CA (US);
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods of, and compositions for, analysis using digital amplification assays with unconventional/inverse changes in photoluminescence to indicate the presence of one or more targets. In an exemplary method, isolated volumes may be formed, only a subset of which contain a target. Each volume may include a probe having a label, a sink having a quencher and configured to hybridize with the probe to quench the label, and a separator configured to hybridize with the probe and/or the sink to block hybridization of the sink with the probe. An amplification reaction may be performed in the volumes to generate an amplicon corresponding to the target. The separator may hybridize with the amplicon, and may be extended or degraded by the amplification reaction. Photoluminescence of the label may be detected from the volumes, and the photoluminescence of target-positive volumes may be less than that of target-negative volumes.