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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2001
Filed:
May. 22, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eileen Xiao-Feng Nie, Thornhill, CA;
Yuan Min Wu, Thornhill, CA;
Assignee:
Lorne Park Research, Inc., Toronto, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ;
Abstract
Rapid methods and means for hybridizing DNA, RNA and analogs thereof are provided. Hybridization occurs on a partition assembly through which nucleobase-containing sequences are driven by a force, such as centrifugal force, electrophoretic force, gravitational force vacuum force and/or pressure. The unbound sequences hybridize with complementary sequences bound to the partition assembly. The force applied to drive the sequences through the partition assembly increases the rate of hybridization by increasing the rate of collisions between complementary sequences.