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US 12,398,391 · App. 14/796,279 · Granted Aug 26, 2025

Semi-random barcodes for nucleic acid analysis

Inventors: Yexun Wang (Ellicott City, MD); Zhong Wu (Poolesville, MD)
Assignee: QIAGEN Sciences, LLC
C12N15/1093C12Q1/6806C12Q1/6809C12Q1/6869
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Patent No.
US 12,398,391
App. No.
14/796,279
Granted
Aug 26, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides oligonucleotides that comprise semi-random barcode sequences. Such oligonucleotides may be incorporated into reverse transcription primers, PCR primers, or portions of sequencing adapters in preparing sequencing libraries. The resulting sequencing libraries can be used for accurate sequencing, including DNA or RNA counting and mutation detection. Methods and kits for preparing sequencing adapters and sequencing libraries are also provided.

Claims (48)

1. A plurality of single-stranded (ss) oligonucleotides for synthesizing a sequencing library, consisting of single-stranded (ss) oligonucleotides each of which comprises from the 5′ to 3′ direction a 1st sequence region and a 2nd sequence region:

(a) the 1 st sequence region is a barcode sequence consisting of (Xmer)n, wherein the Xmer is a 3-mer, 4-mer, 5-mer, or 6-mer, n is an integer from 2 to 8, and different Xmers in the 1 st sequence regions of the plurality of ss oligonucleotides have 2 or more nucleotide differences from each other, and

(b) the 2 nd sequence region is

(i) at least 10 nucleotides in length,

(ii) fully or substantially complementary to a target sequence, and

(iii) the same among the plurality of oligonucleotides,

wherein the plurality of ss oligonucleotides comprises at least 100 different 1 st sequence regions.

2. The plurality of oligonucleotides of claim 1 , wherein the Xmer is a 3-mer, and n is 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7.

3. The plurality of oligonucleotides of claim 1 , wherein the total number of different Xmers in the mixture is at least 5.

4. The plurality of oligonucleotides of claim 1 , wherein the Xmer is a 3-mer, and the total number of different Xmers in the mixture is at least 8.

5. The plurality of oligonucleotides of claim 1 , wherein each ss oligonucleotide further comprises

(c) a 3 rd sequence region that

(i) has a defined sequence that is 3 to 8 nucleotides in length,

(ii) is located 5′ to the 2 nd sequence region, and

(iii) is the same among the oligonucleotides.

6. The plurality of oligonucleotides of claim 5 , wherein the 3 rd sequence region is located 5′ to the 1 st sequence region.

7. The plurality of oligonucleotides of claim 5 , wherein each of the ss oligonucleotides further comprises

(d) a 4 th sequence region that is

(i) located 3′ to the 2 nd sequence region, and

(ii) the same among the oligonucleotides.

8. The plurality of oligonucleotides of claim 1 , wherein the 5′ terminus of the ss oligonucleotide is phosphorylated.

9. The plurality of oligonucleotides of claim 1 , wherein the target sequence is a portion at least 10 nucleotides long of one strand of an at least partially double-stranded sequencing adaptor.

10. A plurality of single-stranded (ss) oligonucleotides for synthesizing a sequencing library, consisting of single-stranded (ss) oligonucleotides each of which comprises from the 5′ to 3′ direction a 1 st sequence region and a 2 nd sequence region:

(a) the 1 st sequence region is a barcode sequence consisting of (Xmer)n, wherein the Xmer is a 4-mer or 5-mer, n is an integer from 2 to 8, and the total number of different Xmers in the 1 st sequence regions of the plurality of ss oligonucleotides is 2 to 25, and

(b) the 2 nd sequence region is

(i) at least 10 nucleotides in length,

(ii) fully or substantially complementary to a target sequence, and

(iii) the same among the plurality of ss oligonucleotides,

wherein the plurality of ss oligonucleotides comprises at least 100 different 1 st sequence regions.

11. The plurality of oligonucleotides of claim 10 , wherein the Xmer is a 4-mer, and n is 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7.

12. The plurality of oligonucleotides of claim 10 , wherein the total number of different Xmers in the mixture is at least 5.

13. The plurality of oligonucleotides of claim 10 , wherein the Xmer is a 4-mer, and the total number of different Xmers in the mixture is at least 8.

14. The plurality of oligonucleotides of claim 10 , wherein each oligonucleotide further comprises

(c) a 3 rd sequence region that

(iv) has a defined sequence that is 3 to 8 nucleotides in length,

(v) is located 5′ to the 2 nd sequence region, and

(vi) is the same among the oligonucleotides.

15. The plurality of oligonucleotides of claim 14 , wherein the 3 rd sequence region is located 5′ to the 1 st sequence region.

16. The plurality of oligonucleotides of claim 14 , wherein each of the ss oligonucleotides further comprises

(d) a 4 th sequence region that is

(iii) located 3′ to the 2 nd sequence region, and

(iv) the same among the oligonucleotides.

17. The plurality of oligonucleotides of claim 10 , wherein the 5′ terminus of the ss oligonucleotide is phosphorylated.

18. The plurality of oligonucleotides of claim 10 , wherein the target sequence is a portion at least 10 nucleotides long of one strand of an at least partially double-stranded sequencing adaptor.

19. The plurality of oligonucleotides of claim 1 , wherein the 2 nd sequence region does not comprise poly(T).

20. The plurality of oligonucleotides of claim 19 , wherein the 2 nd sequence region does not comprise 6 to 20 thymidines.

21. The plurality of oligonucleotides of claim 10 , wherein the 2 nd sequence region does not comprise poly(T).

22. The plurality of oligonucleotides of claim 21 , wherein the 2 nd sequence region does not comprise 6 to 20 thymidines.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 6, 2015
From: WANG, YEXUN; WU, ZHONG
To: QIAGEN SCIENCES, LLC
Reel/Frame 036735/0804 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62024590 · Jul 15, 2014
Related Publication 20160017320A1 · Jan 21, 2016
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