Probe designing apparatus and probe designing method
US7035738B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 7, 2002 |
| Grant date | Apr 25, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 21, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG16B30/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Where a DNA chip corresponding to a bacterium that is a subsequently added identification object is produced, temporal and pecuniary cost is reduced, and even where a probe unique to the DNA sequence of an identification object cannot be designed, precision in identifying DNA comprised in a sample is maximized. First, on designing a probe, a plurality of different probes are prepared to one kind of bacterium. Where some probes come to be not available by addition of bacteria that are new identification objects, identification is carried out using the remaining probes. Where a probe unique to an identification target bacterium cannot be designed, a probability of correct identification is increased by using multiple probes. Moreover, in consideration with a possibility that multiple kinds of bacteria simultaneously exist, a combination of probes that maximizes a probability of correct identification is selected.
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