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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2000
Fred C. Christians, Los Altos, CA (US);
Duc Do, San Jose, CA (US);
Thomas Gingeras, Encinitas, CA (US);
Kevin Gunderson, Encinitas, CA (US);
Charles G. Miyada, San Jose, CA (US);
Carsten Rosenow, Redwood City, CA (US);
Kai Wu, Mountain View, CA (US);
Qing Yang, San Jose, CA (US);
Affymetrix, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
The presently claimed invention provides methods, compositions, and apparatus for studying nucleic acids. Specifically, the present invention provides a novel enrichment and labeling strategy for ribonucleic acids. In one embodiment, the invention provides enriching for a population of interest in a complex population by diminishing the presence of a target sequence. In a further embodiment, the invention can be used to reproducibly label and detect extremely small amounts of nucleic acids.