Multiple reactor system and method for polynucleotide synthesis
US4517338A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 13, 1984 |
| Grant date | May 14, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 13, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S435/82
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A reactor system and method for synthesizing or degrading polynucleotides and other linear polymers includes a tubular reactor connected to a reagent manifold. The polynucleotide is immobilized on a loosely packed solid-phase support material in the tubular reactor, and reagents are sequentially introduced into the tubular reactor. After each reagent is introduced, the tubular reactor is isolated from the reagent manifold and the reagent agitated by alternately pressurizing the opposite ends of the tubular reactor. The method provides rapid and efficient synthesis of polynucleotides. By connecting two or more tubular reactors to the reagent manifold, a plurality of polynucleotides having different sequences may be synthesized simultaneously.
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