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US 2007/0166743 A1Published application
Quantum dots and methods of use thereof
AssigneeU.S. Genomics, Inc.
InventorRudolf Gilmanshin
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Abstract
Quantum dots and methods of use thereof for labeling and analyzing polymers such as nucleic acid molecules are described herein.
Claims10
A method for identifying a property of a nucleic acid comprising
- labeling a nucleic acid with a quantum dot and a detectable label,
- detecting a signal from the quantum dot and the detectable label to identify a property of the nucleic acid.
A method for identifying a property of a polymer comprising
- exciting a donor molecule to produce a first emission, and detecting the presence or absence of a second emission from an acceptor molecule, wherein when a polymer has a property the polymer causes the donor and acceptor molecule to be brought into physical proximity such that the first emission excites the acceptor molecule and produces the second emission and the polymer is identified as having the property when the second emission is detected, and wherein at least one of the donor molecule and acceptor molecule is a quantum dot.
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