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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 22, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Xuedong Song, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Basil I. Swanson, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/3566 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/3566 ;
Abstract
An optical biosensor is provided for the detection of a multivalent target biomolecule, the biosensor including a substrate having a bilayer membrane thereon, a recognition molecule situated at the surface, the recognition molecule capable of binding with the multivalent target biomolecule, the recognition molecule further characterized as including a fluorescence label thereon and as being movable at the surface and a device for measuring a fluorescence change in response to binding between the recognition molecule and the multivalent target biomolecule.