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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2009
Waltraud Ankenbauer, Penzberg, DE;
Dieter Heindl, Paehl, DE;
Frank Laue, Paehl-Fischen, DE;
Eva Walter, Bichl, DE;
Renate Kolb, Iffeldorf, DE;
Waltraud Ankenbauer, Penzberg, DE;
Dieter Heindl, Paehl, DE;
Frank Laue, Paehl-Fischen, DE;
Eva Walter, Bichl, DE;
Renate Kolb, Iffeldorf, DE;
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a novel chemical compound comprising the structure [Xx-(CH2)m-phosphate-Yy]n, characterized in that 3≦m≦6, 30≦n≦60, each x and y is independently from each other 0 or 1, each X and Y is independently from each other any photometrically measurable entity; provided that the terminal X can also be an —OH group or a phosphate group, and further provided that the terminal Y can also be an —OH group. Such a compound can be used as a suitable hot start additive for PCR based amplification of nucleic acids.