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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Maureen T. Cronin, Los Altos, CA (US);
Garry Miyada, San Jose, CA (US);
Mark Trulson, San Jose, CA (US);
Thomas R. Gingeras, Encinitas, CA (US);
Glenn McGall, Mountain View, CA (US);
Claire Robinson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michelle Smedsrud-Oval, Coronado, CA (US);
Assignee:
Affymetrix, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ; G01N 1/500 ; C12M 1/00 ; G06F 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ; G01N 1/500 ; C12M 1/00 ; G06F 1/900 ;
Abstract
This invention provides methods of performing nucleic acid hybridization assays on high-density substrate-bound oligonucleotide arrays involving including in the hybridization mixture an isostabilizing agent, a denaturing agent or a renaturation accelerant.