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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2010
Mark Chaisson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sonya Clark, Oakland, CA (US);
Christopher Silk, Oakland, CA (US);
John Lyle, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Lei Jia, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Keith Bjornson, Union City, CA (US);
Mark Chaisson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sonya Clark, Oakland, CA (US);
Christopher Silk, Oakland, CA (US);
John Lyle, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Lei Jia, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Keith Bjornson, Union City, CA (US);
Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for single-molecule sequencing of template nucleic acids in which the signal from a label attached to a polymerase enzyme is used to monitor conformational changes in the polymerase which occur while labeled nucleotides or nucleotide analogs are added to a growing nucleic acid chain which is complementary to the template nucleic acid. The signal indicative of the conformational state of the enzyme is used to determine with higher confidence when true nucleotide or nucleotide analog incorporation events occur, allowing for the improved quality of base calls and sequence determination.