Use of compositions consisting of cationic compounds and proton donors for stabilizing and/or isolating nucleic acids in or from micro-organisms such as prokaryots, fungi, protozoa or algae

US6861213B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• QIAGEN GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Uwe Oelmüller · Erkrath, DE
• Tanja Wille · Hilden, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 26, 2001
• Grant date: Mar 1, 2005
• Expiry date: Jun 26, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07F9/54
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to the use of compositions for isolating and/or stabilizing nucleic acids in or from microorganisms—such as prokaryotes, fungi, protozoa or algae. The composition contains, as an essential ingredient, a cationic compound of general formulaY+R1R2R3R4X−wherein