Dark quenchers for donor-acceptor energy transfer
US7109312B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 29, 2005 |
| Grant date | Sep 19, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 29, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC40B40/00
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention provides a family of dark quenchers, termed Black Hole Quenchers (“BHQs”), that are efficient quenchers of excited state energy but which are themselves substantially non-fluorescent. Also provided are methods of using the BHQs, probes incorporating the BHQs and methods of using the probes.
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