Compositions for isolating and/or stabilising nucleic acids in biological material

US7270953B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• QIAGEN GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Vera Holländer · Unna, DE
• Ralf Wyrich · Grevenbroich, DE
• Uwe Oelmüller · Erkrath, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 22, 2001
• Grant date: Sep 18, 2007
• Expiry date: Sep 9, 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 new compositions for isolating and/or stabilising nucleic acids in materials of biological origin. The compositions comprise as an essential ingredient a cationic compound of general formulaY+R1R2R3R4X−wherein