Coupling of nucleic acids to solid support by photochemical methods
First Claim
1. A solid support capable of binding a nucleic acid thereto upon suitable irradiation, comprising (a) a solid substrate, (b) a photochemically reactive nucleic acid-binding ligand, and (c) a divalent radical chemically linking the substrate and the nucleic acid-binding ligand.
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Abstract
A solid support capable of binding a nucleic acid thereto upon suitable irradiation, comprising (a) a solid substrate, (b) a photochemically reactive intercalator compound or other nucleic acid-binding ligands, and (c) divalent radical chemically linking the substrate and the ligand (b). Specifically, a hydroxy group-containing solid substrate such as nitrocellulose paper is linked via a bifunctional reagent such as cyanogen bromide or 1,4-butanedioldiglycidyl ether to an amino-substituted angelicin or psoralen or ethidium bromide which in turn is photochemically linked to a nucleic acid. The resulting immobilized nucleic acid probe is capable of hybridizing with complementary nucleic acid fragments and is thereby useful in diagnostic assays.
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- 1. A solid support capable of binding a nucleic acid thereto upon suitable irradiation, comprising (a) a solid substrate, (b) a photochemically reactive nucleic acid-binding ligand, and (c) a divalent radical chemically linking the substrate and the nucleic acid-binding ligand.
- 7. An immobilized nucleic acid probe comprising (a) a nucleic acid, (b) a nucleic acid-binding ligand photochemically linked to the nucleic acid, and (c) a solid substrate chemically linked through a divalent radical to the nucleic acid-binding ligand (b).
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