Photochemical labelling of nucleic acids with digoxigenin reagents and their use in gene probe test systems

US5616731A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC · DE

Inventors

• Antonius L obberding · Wuppertal, DE
• Gamal K. Mikhail · Odenthal, DE
• Wolfgang Springer · Wuppertal, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 6, 1995
• Grant date: Apr 1, 1997
• Expiry date: Jun 6, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N33/532
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The present invention concerns photochemical labelling reagents comprising a digoxigenin derivative and a furocoumarin derivative bound via a spacer. The labelling reagent can be used in gene diagnostic.