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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 02, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hubert Köster, La Jolla, CA (US);
G. Scott Higgins, Glasgow, GB;
Daniel P. Little, Groton, MA (US);
Andreas Braun, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sequenom, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ; C12P 1/934 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ; C12P 1/934 ;
Abstract
Fast and highly accurate mass spectrometry-based processes for detecting particular nucleic acid molecules and sequences in the molecules are provided. Depending upon the sequence to be detected, the processes, for example, can be used to diagnose a genetic disease or a chromosomal abnormality, a predisposition to a disease or condition, or infection by a pathogen, or for determining identity or heredity.