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Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2009

Filed:

Apr. 22, 2003
Applicants:

Weihong Tan, Gainesville, FL (US);

Jin Shouguang, Gainesville, FL (US);

Xiaojun Zhao, Gainesville, FL (US);

Rovelyn Tapec Dytioco, Seattle, WA (US);

Timothy James Drake, Gainesville, FL (US);

Lisa Renee Hilliard, Gainesville, FL (US);

Inventors:

Weihong Tan, Gainesville, FL (US);

Jin Shouguang, Gainesville, FL (US);

Xiaojun Zhao, Gainesville, FL (US);

Rovelyn Tapec Dytioco, Seattle, WA (US);

Timothy James Drake, Gainesville, FL (US);

Lisa Renee Hilliard, Gainesville, FL (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/552 (2006.01); G01N 33/553 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Silica-coated nanoparticles functionalized with biologically active molecules such as antibodies and nucleotides are used to label cells, to detect and isolate nucleic acid molecules having specific nucleotide sequences, and to separate a mixture of different nucleic acid molecules.


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