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Hybridization promotion reagents

US5589335A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 11, 1994
Grant dateDec 31, 1996
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Expiry dateAug 11, 2014

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S435/967
  • WIPO fieldBiotechnology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Novel reagents are provided along with methods for their use in nucleic acid hybridization assays for detecting target nucleic acids in samples. The most preferred reagent is a mixture of guanidinium thiocyanate and tetramethylammonium:Trifluoracetate and possesses many properties for facilitating hybridization between target nucleic acid and nucleic acid probes capable of binding thereto and surprisingly results in the phenomenon of superstoichiometric labeling.

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