Use of multivalent inorganic cations in the electrochemical treatment of nucleic acid
US5814450A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 5, 1996 |
| Grant date | Sep 29, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 5, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T436/143333
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process is described for denaturing native double-stranded nucleic acid material into its individual strands in an electrochemical cell. The process is an electrical treatment of the nucleic acid with a voltage applied to the nucleic acid material by an electrode. The process employs a promoter which is an inorganic multivalent cation such as a magnesium ion to speed denaturation. The process may be used in the detection of nucleic acid by hybridizing with a labelled probe or in the amplification of DNA by a polymerase chain reaction or ligase chain reaction.
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