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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1999
James M. Coull, Westford, MA (US);
Brian D. Gildea, Billerica, MA (US);
Jens J. Hyldig-Nielsen, Holliston, MA (US);
Boston Probes, Inc., Bedford, MA (US);
Abstract
This invention is directed to methods, kits and compositions which utilize Detection Complexes to detect or identify the presence, absence or quantity of a target molecule in a sample of interest. A Detection Complex comprises at least two component polymers and at least one set of donor and accepter moieties. To each of at least two component polymers is linked at least one moiety of a set of donor and accepter moieties, such that formation of the complex facilitates transfer of energy between donor and acceptor moieties of each set in a manner which, in an assay, produces changes in detectable signal which can be correlated with the presence absence of quantity of target sequence and/or target molecule of interest in the sample.