Novel oligonucleotide arrays and their use for sorting, isolating, sequencing, and manipulating nucleic acids

1 - 159 . (canceled)

160 . A method of analyzing a nucleic acid, comprising:

amplifying a mixture of nucleic acids comprising a group of genome fragments by a method comprising:

(i) cleaving a genomic DNA sample with a restriction enzyme, thereby providing restriction fragments, wherein a plurality of the fragments comprise two complementary individual strands;

(ii) ligating adaptor nucleic acids to the restriction fragments, wherein said adaptor nucleic acids comprise a first universal priming region, thereby providing adaptor-ligated fragments;

(iii) hybridizing the adaptor-ligated fragments to immobilized oligonucleotides wherein said immobilized oligonucleotides are attached to a solid support and comprise a region that is complementary to said first universal priming region and a 3′ end available for extension, wherein individual strands hybridize to immobilized oligonucleotides to form hybridized target strands;

(iv) extending the immobilized oligonucleotides using the hybridized target strands as template, thereby providing extended immobilized oligonucleotides comprising a complimentary copy of the hybridized target strands; and

(v) amplifying the extended immobilized oligonucleotides to obtain multiple complementary copies of said hybridized target strands, wherein said copies are attached to said solid support, thereby providing an amplified nucleic acid mixture of genome fragments; and

analyzing at least one nucleic acid of interest in said amplified mixture.

161 . The method of claim 160 , wherein the step of amplifying comprises PCR with a primer that is complementary to the first universal priming region.

162 . A method of analyzing at least one nucleic acid, comprising:

obtaining a plurality of amplified genomic fragments separated into discreet features of an array by a method comprising:

(a) fragmenting a genomic DNA sample comprising at least one nucleic acid, thereby providing fragments;

(b) ligating an adaptor to the fragments to generate adaptor-ligated fragments, wherein said adaptor comprises a universal priming sequence;

(c) providing an oligonucleotide array comprising oligonucleotides that are complementary to the universal priming sequence in the adaptor, wherein said oligonucleotides are attached to a solid support;

(d) hybridizing the adaptor-ligated fragments to the oligonucleotides on the solid support so that adaptor-ligated fragments of different sequence are hybridized at different discreet locations of the solid support;

(e) amplifying the adaptor-ligated fragments by extending the oligonucleotides using a DNA polymerase to obtain immobilized extended polynucleotides of different sequences and amplifying the immobilized extended polynucleotides, thereby providing an array of amplified genomic fragments of different sequences present in different discreet locations of an array; and

(f) analyzing at least one of the amplified genomic fragments.

163 . The method of claim 162 wherein the step of fragmenting a genomic DNA sample comprises fragmentation with a restriction endonuclease.

164 . The method of claim 162 wherein the array of oligonucleotides is an array of regularly situated areas on a solid support, wherein oligonucleotides are immobilized by covalent linkage to a surface on the support.

165 . The method of claim 164 wherein each oligonucleotide comprises a common region and a variable region and wherein the variable regions vary in sequence or length.

166 . The method of claim 164 wherein the step of fragmenting a genomic DNA sample comprises sonication.

167 . The method of claim 163 wherein the step of ligating an adaptor to the fragments restores a recognition site for the restriction endonuclease.

168 . The method of claim 162 wherein the adaptor sequence is appended to both ends of the fragments.

169 . The method of claim 162 wherein prior to amplifying the immobilized extended oligonucleotides, the solid support is washed to remove non-covalently bound materials from the solid support.

170 . The method of claim 162 wherein said oligonucleotides are attached to the solid support at the 5′ ends of the oligonucleotides and the 3′ ends are extended.

171 . A method for analyzing a plurality of different nucleic acid sequences in a complex nucleic acid sequence comprising:

(a) fragmenting said complex nucleic acid sample to obtain a plurality of different sequence nucleic acid fragments, said fragments comprising complimentary fragment strands;

(b) attaching a first adaptor sequence to the 5′ ends of the fragment strands and a second adaptor sequence to the 3′ ends of the fragment strands, to obtain a plurality of different sequence, adaptor-modified fragments having a first universal priming sequence at the 5′ ends of the strands and a second universal priming sequence at the 3′ end of the strands;

(c) hybridizing the adaptor-modified fragments to an array of oligonucleotides attached to a solid support wherein said oligonucleotides are attached to the solid support at the 5′ end and have a free 3′ end, and wherein said oligonucleotides comprise a sequence that is complementary to the second universal priming sequence;

(d) extending the oligonucleotides with a polymerase using the adaptor-modified fragments as template to obtain extended oligonucleotides that comprise at their 3′ ends the complement of the first universal priming sequence;

(e) amplifying the extended oligonucleotides to obtain a plurality of copies of each different nucleic acid sequence by hybridizing a primer to the extended oligonucleotides, wherein said primer comprises said first universal priming sequence and extending said primer to obtain a copy of said extended oligonucleotides and amplifying the copy of the extended oligonucleotides to obtain a plurality of copies of each different nucleic acid sequence; and

(f) analyzing the plurality of different nucleic acid sequences.

172 . The method of claim 171 wherein step (e) comprises extending said primers in the presence of a labeled nucleotide.

173 . The method of claim 172 wherein said labeled nucleotide is a dideoxynucleotide.

174 . The method of claim 171 wherein said analyzing step comprises a ligation step, wherein said extended oligonucleotide is used as a template for ligation of a labeled oligonucleotide.

175 . The method of claim 171 wherein step (e) comprises amplification by PCR.

176 . A method for generating an array of immobilized copies of a plurality of nucleic acids for analysis, comprising:

(a) obtaining a sample comprising said plurality of nucleic acids;

(b) fragmenting the sample to obtain target fragments comprising said plurality of nucleic acids, wherein said target fragments each comprise a first fragment strand and a second fragment strand;

(c) adding a first constant sequence to the 3′ termini of the first fragment strands and a second constant sequence to the 5′ termini of the first fragment strands wherein said first constant sequence comprises a first priming sequence and said second constant sequence comprises a second priming sequence;

(d) hybridizing the fragment strands from (c) to a solid support comprising immobilized oligonucleotides complementary to the first priming sequence and having free 3′ ends, thereby forming complexes between the fragment strands and the immobilized oligonucleotides; and

(e) extending the immobilized oligonucleotides using the hybridized fragment strands as template to obtain immobilized complementary copies of the hybridized fragment strands.

177 . The method of claim 176 wherein said first constant sequence and said second constant sequence are added by ligation of an adaptor to the target fragments thereby generating adaptor-ligated fragments.

178 . The method of claim 177 wherein said fragmenting comprises fragmentation with a restriction endonuclease.

179 . The method of claim 176 further comprising amplification of the immobilized complementary copies of the hybridized fragment strands by PCR.

180 . The method of claim 177 wherein the immobilized complementary copies are present in the array at known locations.

181 . The method of claim 176 wherein said first constant sequence is added to the 3′ termini of the first fragment strand by homopolymeric tailing using a terminal nucleotide transferase.

182 . The method of claim 179 wherein after the amplification of the immobilized complementary copies by PCR, the support is vigorously washed to remove non-covalently attached amplification products.

183 . The method of claim 176 wherein the step of extending comprises incubating the hybridized fragment strands and immobilized oligonucleotides with a DNA polymerase.

184 . The method of claim 179 wherein the amplification of different immobilized complementary copies of the hybridized fragment strands occurs in separate wells of an array.

185 . The method of claim 179 wherein said first priming sequence and said second priming sequence are complementary.

186 . The method of claim 177 wherein the adaptors comprise a phosphorothioate linkage.

187 . A method for analyzing target nucleic acids in a nucleic acid sample comprising:

fragmenting the nucleic acid sample to obtain nucleic acid fragments comprising target nucleic acids, wherein said fragments comprise a first strand and a second strand;

adding a first universal priming sequence to the 3′ end of the first strand of a plurality of the fragments to obtain first strands having said first universal priming region at the 3′ ends;

hybridizing said strands having said universal priming region at the 3′ ends to a plurality of support bound oligonucleotides to obtain hybridized strands, wherein said support bound oligonucleotides have a free 3′ termini and comprise a constant region that is complementary to said universal priming region;

extending the support bound oligonucleotides from the free 3′ termini using the hybridized strands as template, in a reaction comprising DNA polymerase, to obtain extended oligonucleotides comprising a complimentary copy of a hybridized strand;

amplifying said complimentary copy of the hybridized strand by PCR to obtain a plurality of complementary copies of the hybridized strand; and

analyzing the plurality of complementary copies of the hybridized strand to determine the sequence of target nucleic acids.

188 . The method of claim 187 wherein said fragmenting comprises fragmentation with a restriction endonuclease.

189 . The method of claim 187 wherein said first universal priming sequence is added by ligation of an adaptor the fragments.