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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2003
Jeffrey D. Laskin, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Christine Martey, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Ned Heindel, Easton, PA (US);
Marilyn Whittemore, Germantown, TN (US);
Diane Heck, Rumson, NJ (US);
Jeffrey D. Laskin, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Christine Martey, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Ned Heindel, Easton, PA (US);
Marilyn Whittemore, Germantown, TN (US);
Diane Heck, Rumson, NJ (US);
University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ (US);
Rutgers, the State University, New Brunswick, NJ (US);
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Buckman Laboratories International, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
Methods and kits for labeling and detecting thiol containing species and nucleic acids using mercurimethyl-dihydropsoralen compounds and derivatives thereof which intercalate nucleic acids and are highly reactive with thiol containing species are provided. Fluorescent reactions products of the mercurimethyl-dihydropsoralen compounds or derivatives thereof attached to a thiol containing species and nucleic acids fluorescently labeled with these reaction products are also provided.