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Sandra L Spurgeon

Linda G Lee

Barnett B Rosenblum

Scott C Benson

Ronald J Graham

Jonathan M Cassel

A set of 4,7-dichlororhodamine compounds useful as fluorescent dyes are disclosed having the structures ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 -R.sub.6 are hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, lower alkyl, lower alkene, lower alkyne, sulfonate, sulfone, amino, amido, nitrite, lower alkoxy, linking group, or, when taken together, R.sub.1 and R.sub.6 is benzo, or, when taken together, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 is benzo; R.sub.7 -R.sub.10, R.sub.12 -R.sub.16 and R.sub.18 may be hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, lower alkyl, lower alkene, lower alkyne, sulfonate, sulfone, amino, amido, nitrite, lower alkoxy, linking group; R.sub.11 and R.sub.17 may be hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkene, lower alkyne, phenyl, aryl, linking group; Y.sub.1 -Y.sub.4 are hydrogen, lower alkyl, or cycloalkyl, or, when taken together, Y.sub.1 and R.sub.2, Y.sub.2 and R.sub.1 Y.sub.3 and R.sub.3, and/or Y.sub.4 and R.sub.4 is propano, ethano, or substituted forms thereof, and X.sub.1 -X.sub.3 taken separately are hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, lower alkyl, carboxylate, sulfonate, hydroxymethyl, and linking group, or any combinations thereof. In another aspect, the invention includes reagents labeled with the 4,7-dichlororhodamine dye compounds, including deoxynucleotides, dideoxynucleotides, and polynucleotides. In an additional aspect, the invention includes methods utilizing such dye compounds and reagents including dideoxy polynucleotide sequencing and fragment analysis methods.

4,7-dichlororhodamine dyes

A class of 4,7-dichlororhodamine compounds useful as fluorescent dyes are disclosed having the structure ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 -R.sub.6 are hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, lower alkyl, lower alkene, lower alkyne, sulfonate, sulfone, amino, amido, nitrile, lower alkoxy, linking group, or combinations thereof, or, when taken together, R.sub.1 and R.sub.6 is benzo, or, when taken together, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 is benzo; Y.sub.1 -Y.sub.4 are hydrogen or lower alkyl, or, when taken together, Y.sub.1 and R.sub.2, Y.sub.2 and R.sub.1 Y.sub.3 and R.sub.3, or Y.sub.4 and R.sub.4 is propano, ethano, or substituted forms thereof, and X.sub.1 -X.sub.3 taken separately are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, lower alkyl, carboxylate, sulfonic acid, --CH.sub.2 OH, and linking group. In another aspect, the invention includes reagents labeled with the 4,7-dichlororhodamine dye compounds, including deoxynucleotides, dideoxynucleotides, and polynucleotides. In an additional aspect, the invention includes methods utilizing such dye compounds and reagents including dideoxy polynucleotide sequencing and fragment analysis methods.

4,7-Dichlororhodamine dyes

A class of 4,7-dichlororhodamine compounds useful as fluorescent dyes are disclosed having the structure ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 -R.sub.6 are hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, lower alkyl, lower alkene, lower alkyne, sulfonate, sulfone, amino, amido, nitrile, lower alkoxy, linking group, or combinations thereof, or, when taken together, R.sub.1 and R.sub.6 is benzo, or, when taken together, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 is benzo; Y.sub.1 -Y.sub.4 are hydrogen or lower alkyl, or, when taken together, Y.sub.1 and R.sub.2, Y.sub.2 and R.sub.1 Y.sub.3 and R.sub.3, or Y.sub.4 and R.sub.4 is propano, ethano, or substituted forms thereof; and X.sub.1 -X.sub.3 taken separately are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, lower alkyl, carboxylate, sulfonic acid, --CH.sub.2 OH, and linking group. In another aspect, the invention includes reagents labeled with the 4,7-chlororhodamine dye compounds, including deoxynucleotides, dideoxynucleotides, and polynucleotides. In an additional aspect, the invention includes methods utilizing such dye compounds and reagents including dideoxy polynucleotide sequencing and fragment analysis methods.

Novel linkers for linking a donor dye to an acceptor dye in an energy transfer fluorescent dye are provided. These linkers faciliate the efficient transfer of energy between a donor and acceptor dye in an energy transfer dye. One of these linkers for linking a donor dye to an acceptor dye in an energy transfer fluorescent dye has the general structure R.sub.21 Z.sub.1 C(O)R.sub.22 R.sub.28 where R.sub.21 is a C.sub.1-5 alkyl attached to the donor dye, C(O) is a carbonyl group, Z.sub.1 is either NH, sulfur or oxygen, R.sub.22 is a substituent which includes an alkene, diene, alkyne, a five and six membered ring having at least one unsaturated bond or a fused ring structure which is attached to the carbonyl carbon, and R.sub.28 includes a functional group which attaches the linker to the acceptor dye.

Energy transfer dyes with enhanced fluorescence

Energy transfer fluorescent dyes, reagents incorporating the dyes, kits and methods for using the dyes and reagents are provided. The energy transfer fluorescent dyes include a donor dye which absorbs light at a first wavelength and emits excitation energy in response, the donor dye including a xanthene ring structure having a 4' ring position, an acceptor dye capable of absorbing the excitation energy emitted by the donor dye and fluorescing at a second wavelength in response, and a linker attaching the donor dye to the acceptor dye, the linker having a 4' end which includes a R.sub.1 XC(O)R.sub.2 group where R.sub.1 is a C.sub.1-5 alkyl attached to the 4' ring position of the donor dye, X selected from the group consisting of NH, sulfur and oxygen, C(O) is a carbonyl group, and R.sub.2 includes an alkene, diene, alkyne, a five and six membered ring having at least one unsaturated bond or a fused ring structure which is attached to the carbonyl carbon. Alternatively, the energy transfer fluorescent dyes include a donor dye which absorbs light at a first wavelength and emits excitation energy in response, the donor dye including a xanthene ring structure, an acceptor dye which is either a xanthene, cyanine, phthalocyanine or squaraine dye which is capable of absorbing the excitation energy emitted by the donor dye and fluorescing at a second wavelength in response, the acceptor having an emission maximum that is greater than about 600 nm or at least about 100 nm greater than the absorbance maximum of the donor dye, and a linker attaching the donor dye to the acceptor dye.

A class of 4,7-dichlororhodamine compounds useful as fluorescent dyes are disclosed having the structure ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 -R.sub.6 are hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, lower alkyl lower alkene, lower alkyne, sulfonate, sulfone, amino, amido, nitrile, lower alkoxy, lining group, or combinations thereof or, when taken together, R.sub.1 and R.sub.6 is benzo, or, when taken together, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 is benzo; Y.sub.1 -Y.sub.4 are hydrogen or lower alkyl or, when taken together, Y.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is propano and Y.sub.2 and R.sub.1 is propano, or, when taken together, Y.sub.3 and R.sub.3 is propano and Y.sub.4 and R.sub.4 is propano; and X.sub.1 -X.sub.3 taken separately are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, lower alkyl carboxylate, sulfonic acid, --CH.sub.2 OH, and linking group. In another aspect, the invention includes reagents labeled with the 4,7-dichlororhodamine dye compounds, including deoxynucleotides, dideoxynucleotides, and polynucleotides. In an additional aspect, the invention includes methods utilizing such dye compounds and reagents including dideoxy polynucleotide sequencing and fragment analysis methods.

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