Qualitative and quantitative genotyping using single base primer extension coupled with matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MassARRAY).
2009
: Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometry (MS) has developed over the past decade into a versatile tool for the analysis of nucleic acids and especially as a reliable genotyping platform. This chapter summarizes its use in the context of the most widely used MALDI-TOF MS genomics platform, the Sequenom MassARRAY system. MassARRAY genotyping is based upon region-specific PCR followed by allele-specific single base primer extension reactions which are then desalted, dispensed onto a silica array preloaded with matrix, and the genotyping products are resolved on the basis of mass using MALDI-TOF MS. The platform is versatile in that it can resolve multiplexed reactions (40+ separate loci per reaction), acquires and interprets data quickly, gives a quantitative output which reflects the amount of product generated for each allele within an assay for multiplexed reactions, and is highly sensitive. These characteristics coupled with integrated software for sequence annotation, assay design, data interpretation, and data storage have lead to its wide adoption and use for multiple nucleic acid analysis applications in both the realm of genomics research and molecular diagnostics.
Keywords:
- Time-of-flight mass spectrometry
- Analytical chemistry
- Primer extension
- Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization
- Genotyping
- Chemistry
- highly sensitive
- data interpretation
- Molecular diagnostics
- Nucleic acid quantitation
- matrix assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight
- Mass spectrometry
- Materials science
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