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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2003
Chris D. Geddes, Bel-Air, MD (US);
Joseph R. Lakowitz, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Leslie W. J. Baillie, Columbia, MD (US);
Chris D. Geddes, Bel-Air, MD (US);
Joseph R. Lakowitz, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Leslie W. J. Baillie, Columbia, MD (US);
University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to an assay including a surface having silver colloids or islands attached thereto. Attached to the surface and/or silver colloids/islands are polynucleotides which are complimentary to a target polynucleotide sequence. The assay is performed by adding the target polynucleotide sequence to the assay surface and allowed to hybridize with the capture polynucleotides. Fluorophore-labeled capture polynucleotides are added and hybridize to the target polynucleotide. Bound target polynucleotides are detected by metal enhanced fluorescence.