Dark quenchers for donor-acceptor energy transfer
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1. A quencher-labeled conjugate, comprising a quencher moiety and a conjugated substance, wherein the quencher moiety comprises structure (Q):
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Abstract
The present invention provides a family of dark quenchers, termed Black Hole Quenchers (“BHQs”), that are efficient quenchers of excited state energy but which are themselves substantially non-fluorescent. Also provided are methods of using the BHQs, probes incorporating the BHQs and methods of using the probes.
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- 1. A quencher-labeled conjugate, comprising a quencher moiety and a conjugated substance, wherein the quencher moiety comprises structure (Q):
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11. A quencher-labeled conjugate, comprising a quencher moiety and a conjugated substance, wherein the quencher moiety comprises structure (Q):
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