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To determine the effect of the 3' hairpin on genotyping accuracy, probes with and without 3' hairpins were designed for both the Factor V Leiden and Hemochromatosis H63D mutations (Table 1).
Only the extensive base pairing between the probe and target sequence is sufficient to disrupt the hairpin.
Target directed hybridization using a hairpin is more specific than hybridization of a linear probe because the structure of the hairpin probe is maintained in a folded state unless the hairpin sequence encounters its preferred target sequence.
The introduction of a hairpin into the design of the open circle probes, similar to approaches taken in molecular beacon design [ 12 ] , provides a means to regulate the degree of ligation discrimination.
Subdomain I comprises the GXGXφGXV motif (φ = F, Y; single-letter amino-acid code) that forms a β hairpin to enclose one side of the triphosphate group of ATP.