Modulation of the binding properties of nucleic acid binding partners

US7682786B1 · kind B1 · utility

Inventors

• Henrik Ørum · Neubiberg, DE
• Ane-Ullerup Lester · Krakow am See, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 4, 1996
• Grant date: Mar 23, 2010
• Expiry date: Jun 15, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T436/143333
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A method for specifically determining the presence of a target by contacting said target in the presence of other targets with a probe capable of binding to said target to form a complex of said target with said probe, wherein the contacting is performed in the presence of a compound enhancing the specificity of said binding or the complex formed is contacted with a compound enhancing the specificity of said binding. This method opens the way to a better discrimination between related nucleic acid sequences in diagnostic assays.