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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2004
Applicant:
Philip Richard Buzby, Brockton, MA (US);
Inventor:
Philip Richard Buzby, Brockton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Helicos Biosciences Corporation, Cambridge, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C12P 19/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides methods for sequencing a nucleic acid comprising stabilizing a primer/target nucleic acid duplex on a substrate. Methods of the invention generally contemplate the use of a dual-anchored primer/target nucleic acid duplex, or a stabilizing molecule in a single molecule sequencing reaction.