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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2010
Applicants:
Andrei Laikhter, Lexington, MA (US);
Suresh C. Srivastava, Burlington, MA (US);
Naveen P. Srivastava, Burlington, MA (US);
Inventors:
Andrei Laikhter, Lexington, MA (US);
Suresh C. Srivastava, Burlington, MA (US);
Naveen P. Srivastava, Burlington, MA (US);
Assignee:
ChemGenes Corporation, Wilmington, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09B 56/16 (2006.01); C09B 29/40 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides a novel group of azo quencher compositions that are useful as quenchers of fluorescence and to methods for making and using them. The quenchers contain an azo bond and 1,3,3-trimethyl-2-methyleneindoline ring system. The quenchers can be derivatized to facilitate their conjugation to a variety of biologically relevant compounds, including lipids, nucleic acids, peptides, proteins, and the like.