Patent · US Expired

Method of stabilizing and/or isolating nucleic acids

US7683035B1 · kind B1 · utility

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11References

34Claims

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Assignee

QIAGEN GmbH · DE

Inventors

Christoph Erbacher · Haan, DE
Helge Bastian · Mettmann, DE
Ralf Wyrich · Grevenbroich, DE
Uwe Oelmüller · Erkrath, DE
Thomas Manz · Düsseldorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 22, 2000
Grant date	Mar 23, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 22, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T436/2525
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of stabilizing and/or isolating nucleic acids, wherein a biological sample containing nucleic acids is contacted with a cationic compound. The invention also relates to said cationic compound per se and to the use of said cationic compound in stabilizing and/or isolating nucleic acids. Furthermore, the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions, diagnostic compositions, and to compositions used in research, which include cationic compounds or a complex being formed upon contact of said cationic compound with a nucleic acid.

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