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Smart-Plexer: a breakthrough workflow for hybrid development of multiplex PCR assays (preprint)
researchsquare; 2022.
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| PREPRINT-RESEARCHSQUARE | ID: ppzbmed-10.21203.rs.3.rs-1765213.v1
ABSTRACT
Developing multiplex PCR assays requires an extensive amount of experimental testing, the number of which exponentially increases by the number of multiplexed targets. Dedicated efforts must be devoted to the design of optimal multiplex assays for specific and sensitive identification of multiple analytes in a single well reaction. Inspired by data-driven approaches, we reinvent the way of designing and developing multiplex assays by proposing a hybrid, easy-to-use workflow, named Smart-Plexer, which couples empirical testing of singleplex assays and computer simulation of multiplexing. The Smart-Plexer leverages kinetic inter-target distances among amplification curves to generate optimal multiplex PCR primer sets for accurate multi-pathogen identification. The optimal single-channel assays, together with a novel data-driven approach, Amplification Curve Analysis (ACA), were demonstrated to be capable of classifying the presence of desired targets in a single test for seven common respiratory infection pathogens.
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