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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2010
Applicants:
Fei Mao, Fremont, CA (US);
Wai-yee Leung, San Ramon, CA (US);
Xing Xin, Foster City, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Biotium, Inc., Hayward, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 19/34 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Dimeric and trimeric nucleic acid dyes, and associated systems and methods are provided. Such a dye may form a hairpin-like structure that enables it to stain nucleic acids via a release-on-demand mechanism, for example. Such a dye may have low background fluorescence in the absence of nucleic acids and high fluorescence in the presence of nucleic acids, upon binding therewith, for example. A dye provided herein may be useful in a variety of applications, such as in DNA quantitation in real-time PCR, for example.