Analogues of reporter groups as background reducers in binding assays

US5652093A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Aprogenex, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Michael Lee Cubbage · Houston, US
• Joel Bresser · Bellaire, US
• Mark Blick · Houston, US
• Shyh C. Ju · College Station, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 25, 1996
• Grant date: Jul 29, 1997
• Expiry date: Mar 25, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S435/975
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Assays for target molecules in and from cells and viruses, e.g. nucleic acids, wherein non-specific background is decreased by including an analogue of the reporter group, e.g. a non-fluorescent analogue such as fuchsin, of a fluorescent group such as fluorescein, to decrease non-specific background.