Molecular Beacon Patents and Patent Applications

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Patent and Patent Applications

Hybridization Probes for Nucleic Acid Detection, Universal Stems, Methods and Kits
(Filed in Australia, Canada, Europe and Japan)

Download European patent EP0728218
Detectably Labeled Dual Conformation Oligonucleotide Probes, Assays and Kits
(Filed in Australia, Canada, Europe, Japan and the United States)

Download US patent US05925517

Download US patent US06103476

Download European patent EP0745690
Nucleic Acid Detection Probes Having Non-FRET Fluorescence Quenching
and Kits and Assays Including Such Probes
(Filed in Australia, Canada, Europe, Japan and the United States)

Download US patent US06150097

Download European patent EP0892808
Non-Competitive Co-Amplification Methods
(Filed in Australia, Canada, Japan and the United States)

Download US patent US06461817
Wavelength-Shifting Probes and Primers and Their Use in Assays and Kits
(Filed in Australia, Canada, Europe, Japan and the United States)

Download US patent US06037130

Download European patent EP1100971
Assays for Short Sequence Variants
(Filed in Australia, Canada, Europe, Japan and the United States)

Download US patent US7662550

Download European patent EP1230387
Homogenous Multiplex Screening Assays and Kits
(Filed in Australia, Canada, China, Europe, Japan and the United States)

Download US patent US07385043

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Recent Publications

In the February issue of Bioconjugate Chemistry, we report the development of luminescent probes for the detection of nucleic acids

Krasnoperov LN, Marras SAE, Kozlov M, Wirpsza L, and Mustaev A (2010) Luminescent probes for ultrasensitive detection of nucleic acids. Bioconjugate Chemistry 21, 319 - 327.

In collaboration with our colleagues Soumitesh Chakravorty and David Alland, we developed an assay which utilizes sloppy molecular beacon probes for the identification of more than 110 different pathogenic bacterial genotypes

Chakravorty S, Aladegbami B, Burday M, Levi M, Marras SAE, Shah D, El-Hajj HH, Kramer FR, and Alland D (2010) Rapid universal diagnosis of bacterial pathogens from clinical cultures using a novel sloppy molecular beacon melting temperature signature technique. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 48, 258-267.