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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 1997
Filed:
May. 30, 1995
Christine C Dykstra, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Richard R Tidwell, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
David W Boykin, Atlanta, GA (US);
W David Wilson, Atlanta, GA (US);
Jaroslaw Spychala, Poznan, PL;
Bijan P Das, Atlanta, GA (US);
Arvind Kumar, Atlanta, GA (US);
Georgia State University Research Foundation, Atlanta, GA (US);
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a method of fluorescent detection of a nucleic acid. The method comprises contacting to the nucleic acid a bis-dicationic aryl furan compound, such as 2,5-bis[4-(4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1H-1,3-diazepin-2-yl) phenyl] furan; 2,5-bis{[4-(N-isopropyl) amidino] phenyl}furan; and physiologically acceptable salts thereof, and exposing the nucleic acid to light at a frequency to induce fluorescence of the compound. A method for fluorescent detection of cytoskeleton elements, and novel bis-dicationic aryl furan compounds are also disclosed.