Table 1 Oligonucleotides used for RCA and in in situ PLA.

From: Compaction of rolling circle amplification products increases signal integrity and signal-to-noise ratio

Oligonucleotide

Description

Vendor

DNA sequence

A

Detection oligo Texas Red

Integrated DNA Technology

5' – CAGTGAATGCGAGTCCGTCTZZZZ – 3'

B

Compaction oligo

Integrated DNA Technology

5' – AGAGAGTAGTACAGCAGCCGTAAAAGAGAGTAGTACAGCAGCCGTZZZb – 3'

Ca

Long circularization oligo

Integrated DNA Technology

5' – CTATTAGCGTCCAGTGAATGCGAGTCCGTCTA AGAGAGTAGTACAGCAGCCGTCAAGAGTGTCTA – 3'

Da

Short circularization oligo

Integrated DNA Technology

5' – GTTCTGTCATATTTAAGCGTCTTAA – 3'

E

Biotinylated RCA template

Eurogentech

5' – biotin-AAAAAAAAAATATGACAGAACTAGACACTCTT – 3'

Fa

Long circularization oligo for Cy3

Integrated DNA Technology

5' – CTATTAGCGTCAAGAGAGTAGTACAGCAGCCGTATCAGTG AATGCGAGTCCGTCTAACTAGTGCTGGATGATCGTCCAAGAGT GTCTA – 3'

Ga

Long circularization oligo for FITC and Cy5

Integrated DNA Technology

5' – CTATTAGCGTCAAGAGAGTAGTACAGCAGCCGTATCAGTG AATGCGAGTCCGTCTAAAGCGATCTGCGAGACCGTATAAGAGT GTCTA – 3'

H

Ligation template

Biomers

5' – GACGCTAATAGTTAAGACGCTTZZZb – 3'

I

Detection oligo Cy3

Integrated DNA Technology

5' – Cy3-CTAGTGCTGGATGATCGTCCZZZZb – 3'

J

Detection oligo FITC

Integrated DNA Technology

5' – FITC-AGCGATCTGCGAGACCGTATZZZZb– 3'

Ka

Padlock probe

Integrated DNA Technology

5' – GTTCTGTCATACAGTGAATGCGAGTCCGTCTAA GAGAGTAGTACAGCAGCCGTCAAGAGTGTCTA – 3'

L

Detection oligo Alexa 488

Integrated DNA Technology

5' – Alexa488-AAAAAACAGTGAATGCGAGTCCGTCTZZZZb – 3'

M

Ligation template

Integrated DNA Technology

5' – biotin-CTCTCTCTCTCTCTCTCTCTGTTCACGCTCACCGT GCCCAGTGAGCGAGGACTGCAGCGTAGACG – 3'

Na

Padlock probe

Integrated DNA Technology

5' – CACTGGGCACGGTGAGTGTATGCAGCTCCTC AGTAATAGTGTCTTACAAATCAGTCATACGAGCGCCGCTGCA GTCCTCGCT – 3'

O

Ligation template

Integrated DNA Technology

5' – GACGCTAATAGTAGACACTCTT – 3'

P

Detection oligo Cy5

Integrated DNA Technology

5' – Cy5-AGCGATCTGCGAGACCGTATZZZZb – 3'

Q

Detection oligo Alexa 642

Integrated DNA Technology

5'– Alexa642-AGCGATCTGCGAGACCGTATZZZb – 3´

  1. aThe oligonucleotide was phosphorylated at a concentration of 2.5 mM prior to use in a buffer containing 1 mM ATP (Thermo Scientific), 1x Reaction buffer A (Thermo Scientific) and 1 U/μl T4 Polynucleotide Kinase (EK0031; Thermo Scientific) for 30 min at 37 °C. The kinase was then heat inactivated at 65 °C for 15 min.
  2. bZ represents 2’O-methyl-RNA Uracil.