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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1998
Jer-Kang Chen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Claudia Chiesa, Redwood City, CA (US);
George A. Fry, San Carlos, CA (US);
Vergine C. Furniss, San Mateo, CA (US);
Stephen M. Lambert, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Roger O'Neill, San Carlos, CA (US);
Majid Mehrpouyan, San Jose, CA (US);
PE Corporation (NY), Norwalk, CO (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides substrates and apparatuses for efficient, rapid and specific capture, and optimal recovery, of nucleic acids, as well as methods of their use. The substrate is porous in nature and has a capture polynucleotide capable of hybridizing to a target nucleic acid immobilized thereon. Upon flowing a sample containing or suspected of containing the target nucleic acid through the porous substrate, the target nucleic acid is rapidly captured. Following capture, the target nucleic acid can be efficiently recovered for subsequent use.