Compositions, methods, and detection techniques for iterative oligonucleotide synthesis

摘要

The present invention provides methods for detecting the presence of a molecule of interest by generating multiple detectable oligonucleotides through reiterative enzymatic oligonucleotide synthesis events on a polynucleotide sequence and detecting said products. The invention also provides for methods of multiplex abortive transcription. In a further aspect, the invention provides for the use of dendrimers containing abortive promoter cassettes. In one aspect, the invention provides for abortive promoter cassettes suitable for use in the present invention. In one aspect the products of abortive transcription are detected with the use of mass spectrometry. In another aspect, the invention provides a method for detecting a target protein, DNA or RNA by generating multiple detectable RNA oligoribonucleotides by abortive transcription that are detected, including by mass spectrometry.