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Dark quenchers for donor-acceptor energy transfer

US8440399B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 25, 2009
Grant dateMay 14, 2013
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Expiry dateAug 25, 2029

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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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