Method of rapid analyte detection
First Claim
1. A detectable synthetic copolymer comprising repeating monomeric units, wherein a first population of the monomeric units each comprises a binding agent which binds to a microorganism having multiple binding sites for said binding agent and wherein a second population of the monomeric units each comprises a detectable label or a binding site for a detectable label.
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Abstract
A detectable synthetic copolymer useful to detect the presence of a microorganism in a test sample is provided. The copolymer comprises repeating monomeric units, which incorporate a population of first monomeric units each comprising a binding agent which binds to a microorganism having multiple binding sites for said binding agent and which further incorporates a population of a second monomeric units each comprising a detectable label or a binding site for a detectable label.
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32 Claims
- 1. A detectable synthetic copolymer comprising repeating monomeric units, wherein a first population of the monomeric units each comprises a binding agent which binds to a microorganism having multiple binding sites for said binding agent and wherein a second population of the monomeric units each comprises a detectable label or a binding site for a detectable label.
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11. A method for detecting the presence of microorganisms in a test sample comprising:
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(a) immobilizing microorganisms from said test sample; (b) contacting said microorganisms with an amount of a detectable synthetic copolymer which comprises repeating monomeric units, wherein a first population of the monomeric units each comprises a binding agent which binds to said microorganisms at multiple binding site for said binding agent on each microorganism, and wherein a second population of the monomeric units each comprises a detectable label or a binding site for a detectable label, so as to form microorganism-copolymer complexes; and (c) detecting said microorganism-copolymer complexes. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21)
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- 22. A detectable synthetic copolymer comprising repeating monomeric units prepared by copolymerizing a first population of monomeric units, each comprising a binding agent which binds to a microorganism having multiple binding sites for said binding agent, and a second population of monomeric units, each comprising a detectable label or a binding site for a detectable label.
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