Self-organizing molecular photonic structures based on chromophore- and fluorophore-containing polynucleotides and methods of their use
First Claim
1. A polynucleotide having a terminal donor chromophore, at least one intermediate donor-acceptor chromophore, and at least one acceptor chromophore all said chromophores are linked to said polynucleotide by linker arms, wherein the distance between said terminal donor chromophore and one said acceptor chromophore is greater than 5 nm and there is at least one said intermediate donor chromophore within said distance.
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Abstract
The present invention contemplates chromophore-containing polynucleotides having at least two donor chromophores operatively linked to the polynucleotide by linker arms, such that the chromophores are positioned by linkage along the length of the polynucleotide at a donor-donor transfer distance, and at least one fluorescing acceptor chromophore operatively linked to the polynucleotide by a linker arm, such that the fluorescing acceptor chromophore is positioned by linkage at a donor-acceptor transfer distance from at least one of the donor chromophores, to form a photonic structure for collecting photonic energy and transferring the energy to an acceptor chromophore, and methods using the photonic structures.
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- 1. A polynucleotide having a terminal donor chromophore, at least one intermediate donor-acceptor chromophore, and at least one acceptor chromophore all said chromophores are linked to said polynucleotide by linker arms, wherein the distance between said terminal donor chromophore and one said acceptor chromophore is greater than 5 nm and there is at least one said intermediate donor chromophore within said distance.
- 9. A diagnostic assay system for photonic detection of a preselected nucleotide sequence comprising, in an amount sufficient for at least one assay, a polynucleotide having a terminal donor chromophore, at least one intermediate donor-acceptor chromophore, all said chromophores are and at least one acceptor chromophore linked to said polynucleotide by linker arms, wherein the distance between said terminal donor chromophore and one said acceptor chromophore is greater than 5 nm and there is at least one said intermediate donor chromophore within said distance.
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12. A method for detecting the presence of a preselected nucleic acid target sequence in a nucleic acid-containing sample comprising the steps of:
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(a) admixing; (i) a polynucleotide having a terminal donor chromophore, at least one intermediate donor-acceptor chromophore, and at least one acceptor chromophore, said chromophores are linked to said polynucleotide by linker arms, all wherein the distance between said terminal donor chromophore and one said acceptor chromophore is greater than 5 nm and there is at least one said intermediate donor chromophore within said distance, and (ii) said nucleic acid-containing sample to form a hybridization reaction admixture, said polynucleotide having a preselected nucleic acid sequence adapted to hybridize to said target sequence; (b ) subjecting said hybridization reaction admixture to hybridization conditions for a time period sufficient for said polynucleotide to hybridize to said preselected nucleic acid base sequence and form a donor chromophore containing- and acceptor chromophore containing-hybridized nucleic acid duplex; (c) exciting said donor chromophores in said nucleic acid duplex formed in step (b) by exposing said donor chromophores to sufficient photonic energy to induce emission of photonic energy from said acceptor chromophore; and (d) detecting the presence of photonic energy re-emitted from said acceptor chromophore using a photon sensing means, thereby detecting the presence of said preselected nucleic acid target sequence in said sample. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for detecting the presence of a preselected nucleic acid target sequence in a nucleic acid-containing sample comprising the steps of:
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(a) admixing; (i) a first polynucleotide having a terminal donor chromophore and at least one intermediate donor acceptor chromophore, said donor and donor-acceptor chromophores are linked to said first polynucleotide by linker arms; and (ii) a second polynucleotide having at least one acceptor chromophore linked to said second polynucleotide by a linker arm, and (iii) said nucleic acid-containing sample to form a hybridization reaction admixture, said first and second polynucleotides having preselected nucleic acid sequences adapted to hybridize to said target sequence and thereby position said terminal donor chromophore on said first polynucleotide and one said acceptor chromophore on said second polynucleotide at a distance which is greater than 5 nm, and wherein there is at least one said intermediate donor chromophore within said distance; (b) subjecting said hybridization reaction admixture to hybridization conditions for a time period sufficient for said polynucleotide to hybridize to said preselected nucleic acid base sequence and form a donor chromophore containing- and acceptor chromophore containing-hybridized nucleic acid duplex; (c) exciting said donor chromophores in said nucleic acid duplex formed in step (b) by exposing said donor chromophores to sufficient photonic energy to induce emission of photonic energy from said acceptor chromophore; and (d) detecting the presence of photonic energy re-emitted from said acceptor chromophore using a photon sensing means, thereby detecting the presence of said preselected nucleic acid target sequence in said sample. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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