Method for immobilizing nucleic acids using modified capture probes

US5639609A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Boehringer Mannheim GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Cornelia Kruse-Mueller · Edewecht, DE
• Sibylle Berner · Starnberg, DE
• Cortina Kaletta · Hersbruck, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 9, 1994
• Grant date: Jun 17, 1997
• Expiry date: Jun 9, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12Q1/686
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Method for immobilizing nucleic acids by hybridizing the nucleic acid with a capture probe. The capture probe is protected against enzymatic extension and/or enzymatic degradation of the formed hybrid.