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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2009
Applicants:
Kurt Berlin, Stahnsdorf, DE;
Matthias Ballhause, Berlin, DE;
Karen Cardon, Albuqueque, NM (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Epigenomics AG, Berlin, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides an improved method for the bisulfite conversion of DNA, and facilitates the analysis of cytosine methylation of genomic DNA. Novel combinations of denaturing solvents, new reaction conditions and new purification methods provide surprisingly efficacious methods for bisulfite conversion of DNA relative to prior art methods. The converted DNA may subsequently be analyzed by many different methods.