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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:
Aug. 29, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 02, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Variagenics, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C12Q / ; C12Q / ; C12P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-6 ; 435 18 ; 435 912 ; 435-5 ;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a method for detecting a mismatch in a duplex nucleic acid, involving: a) contacting the duplex nucleic acid with a reactive agent under conditions which permit the agent to bind but not cleave a mismatch in said duplex nucleic acid; b) detecting binding of the agent to the duplex nucleic acid as an indication of the presence of a mismatch in the duplex nucleic acid; c) contacting the duplex nucleic acid with the reactive agent under conditions which permit the agent to cleave a mismatch in the duplex nucleic acid; and d) detecting a cleavage product as an indication of the presence of a mismatch in the duplex nucleic acid.