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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lee Terry Bacheler, Newark, DE (US);
Jeffrey Allan Miller, New London, PA (US);
Barry Allen Stone, New Castle, DE (US);
Assignee:
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-5 ; 435-6 ; 935 77 ;
Abstract
A rapid, high capacity method using chaotropic agents for evaluating nucleic acids is described. Samples containing the target nucleic acid can be evaluated in a nucleic acid based sandwich hybridization assay which is performed, in part, in a chaotropic solution which is removed prior to detecting and/or quantitating the product. This assay can be used to detect and/or quantitate nucleic acid levels. It can also be used as an infectivity assay and/or as an assay to evaluate anti-infectious agent activity of compounds.