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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Denise Vera Pollard-Knight, London, GB;
Sophie Elizabeth Victoria Martin, Cambridge, GB;
Susan Watson, Cambridge, GB;
Assignee:
Affymetrix, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ; G09B 1/106 ; G09B 1/900 ; G09B 2/708 ; G09B 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ; G09B 1/106 ; G09B 1/900 ; G09B 2/708 ; G09B 9/00 ;
Abstract
Nucleic acid is captured from a mixture of cellular debris produced by cell lysis by exposing the mixture to an electrode and applying a nucleic acid capturing voltage to the electrode which is then removed from the mixture carrying said nucleic acid. The nucleic acid is undamaged and can be amplified by PCR.