Figure 1.

Scheme of the padlock ligation detection procedure. A mix of linear padlock probes can hybridize to their genomic counterparts, after which the juxtaposed ends are ligated to form a circular molecule. Only ligated, circular molecules are amplified by subsequent PCR with a universal forward and Cy3-labelled reverse primer. Non-ligated probes will not be amplified as the primer sites point away from each other. Each probe contains a unique DNA sequence (cZIP-code). After PCR the products are visualized by hybridization of the Cy3-labelled molecule on a microarray via a homologous ZIP sequence.