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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 1991
Filed:
Aug. 25, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard A Harte, Redwood City, CA (US);
Stephen H Mastin, Rockville, MD (US);
Assignee:
Microbiological Associates, Inc., Rockville County, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C12Q / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-79 ; 435 25 ; 435 28 ; 435 27 ; 435-71 ;
Abstract
Methods are provided for the fluorescent detection of an analyte of interest wherein an amine-substituted, ortho-fused pyrazine fluorophore, with neither nitrogen of the pyrazine ring being fused or substituted, is produced by enzymatic oxidation of a fluorophore precursor substrate which comprises a nitrogen-substituted, cyclic compound. Also provided are novel fluorophore-labelled compounds.