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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2003
Filed:
May. 03, 2000
Gunter Schmidt, Houghton, GB;
Andrew Hugin Thompson, Alloway, GB;
Xzillion GmbH & Co., Frankfurt, DE;
Abstract
The present invention involves a method for assaying a substance. The method of the present invention comprises contacting the substance with an assay agent comprising a catalytic agent to associate the substance with the catalytic agent, contacting the resulting associated substance with a label precursor capable of reacting catalytically with the catalytic agent to release the label, and detecting a mass label. The present invention also involves a kit for assaying a substance. The kit of the present invention comprises an assay agent comprising a catalytic agent, and a label precursor capable of reacting catalytically with the catalytic agent to release a mass label.