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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1997
Jeffrey Van Ness, Seattle, WA (US);
John C. Tabone, Bothell, WA (US);
J. Jeffry Howbert, Bellevue, WA (US);
John T. Mulligan, Seattle, WA (US);
Qiagen Genomics, Inc., Bothell, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods and compounds, including compositions therefrom, are provided for determining the sequence of nucleic acid molecules. The methods permit the determination of multiple nucleic acid sequences simultaneously. The compounds are used as tags to generate tagged nucleic acid fragments which are complementary to a selected target nucleic acid molecule. Each tag is correlative with a particular nucleotide and, in a preferred embodiment, is detectable by mass spectrometry. Following separation of the tagged fragments by sequential length, the tags are cleaved from the tagged fragments. In a preferred embodiment, the tags are detected by mass spectrometry and the sequence of the nucleic acid molecule is determined therefrom. The individual steps of the methods can be used in automated format, e.g., by the incorporation into systems.