Heteroduplex analysis (HDA) is a method in biochemistry used to detect point mutations in DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid) since 1992.[1] Heteroduplexes are dsDNA molecules that have one or more mismatched pairs, on the other hand homoduplexes are dsDNA which are perfectly paired.[1][2] This method of analysis depend up on the fact that heteroduplexes shows reduced mobility relative to the homoduplex DNA.[3] heteroduplexes are formed between different DNA alleles.[4] In a mixture of wild-type and mutant amplified DNA, heteroduplexes are formed in mutant alleles and homoduplexes are formed in wild-type alleles.[5] There are two types of heteroduplexes based on type and extent of mutation in the DNA. Small deletions or insertion create bulge-type heteroduplexes which is stable and is verified by electron microscope.[6] Single base substitutions creates more unstable heteroduplexes called bubble-type heteroduplexes, because of low stability it is difficult to visualize in electron microscopy.[5] HDA is widely used for rapid screening of mutation of the 3 bp p.F508del deletion in the CFTR gene.[6]
References
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- ↑ Glavač, Damjan; Dean, Michael (1996), Pfeifer, Gerd P. (ed.), "Heteroduplex Analysis", Technologies for Detection of DNA Damage and Mutations, Springer US, pp. 241–251, doi:10.1007/978-1-4899-0301-3_18, ISBN 978-1-4899-0301-3
- ↑ F. El-Yazbi, Amira; Wong, Alysha; R. Loppnow, Glen (2017). "A luminescent probe of mismatched DNA hybridization: Location and number of mismatches". Analytica Chimica Acta. 994: 92–99. doi:10.1002/0471142905.hg0703s33. PMID 18428333. S2CID 23375627.
- ↑ White, Marga Belle; Carvalho, Magda; Derse, David; O'Brien, Stephen J.; Dean, Michael (1992-02-01). "Detecting single base substitutions as heteroduplex polymorphisms". Genomics. 12 (2): 301–306. doi:10.1016/0888-7543(92)90377-5. ISSN 0888-7543. PMID 1740339.
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