Metallic solid supports modified with nucleic acids

The present invention is directed to solid supports having metallic surfaces comprising blocking moieties and modified nucleic acids, which exhibit excellent characteristics in hybridization assays, in a stable, reproducible, rapid manner. In an additional aspect, the invention provides methods util...

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Main Authors Meade, Thomas J, Kayyem, Jon F
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 25.04.2006
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Summary:The present invention is directed to solid supports having metallic surfaces comprising blocking moieties and modified nucleic acids, which exhibit excellent characteristics in hybridization assays, in a stable, reproducible, rapid manner. In an additional aspect, the invention provides methods utilizing the solid supports to hybridize probe nucleic acid to target nucleic acid and methods for detecting the hybridization complex.