Use of ionic liquids for fabrication of polynucleotide arrays
First Claim
1. A method of immobilizing a nucleotide monomer, oligonucleotide, or polynucleotide upon an insoluble substrate, the method comprising a) dissolving a nucleotide monomer, oligonucleotide, or polynucleotide in a solvent comprising an ionic liquid such that the resulting solution comprises at least 50% by weight ionic liquid, and b) contacting the insoluble substrate with the solution resulting from a) under conditions and for a time sufficient to immobilize the nucleotide monomer, oligonucleotide, or polynucleotide upon the insoluble substrate.
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Abstract
A method of fabricating polynucleotide arrays includes dissolving a nucleotide monomer, oligonucleotide, or polynucleotide in a solvent containing ionic liquid and depositing the resulting solution on an array substrate. The method has particular application to fabrication of an addressable array of polynucleotides on a substrate that carries substrate bound moieties each with a hydroxyl group. The process may be repeated at specific locations on the array to elongate the polynucleotide deposited on the array.
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28 Claims
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1. A method of immobilizing a nucleotide monomer, oligonucleotide, or polynucleotide upon an insoluble substrate, the method comprising
a) dissolving a nucleotide monomer, oligonucleotide, or polynucleotide in a solvent comprising an ionic liquid such that the resulting solution comprises at least 50% by weight ionic liquid, and b) contacting the insoluble substrate with the solution resulting from a) under conditions and for a time sufficient to immobilize the nucleotide monomer, oligonucleotide, or polynucleotide upon the insoluble substrate.
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14. A method of forming a bond between a reactive group immobilized on an insoluble substrate and a molecule selected from the group consisting of a nucleotide monomer, an olignucleotide, and a polynucleotide;
- the method comprising contacting the reactive group with a solution comprising the molecule and at least 50% by weight of an ionic liquid ionic liquid.
- View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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