Patent ID: 6261846
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: C12N,C12Q,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of forming a nucleic acid polymer, the method comprising(a) providing a plurality of pairs of nucleic acid probes, each probe being 10 to 1000 bases in length, a first probe of said pair of probes comprising 3 or more nucleic acid regions, said first probe comprising at least a nucleic acid region X, a nucleic acid region Y and a nucleic acid region Z and having the following structure ##STR1##a second probe of said pair of probes comprising 3 or more nucleic acid regions, said second probe comprising at least a nucleic acid region Z', a nucleic acid region Y' and a nucleic acid region X' and having the following structure ##STR2##(b) by binding said plurality of pairs of probes to each other to form a polymer, wherein said nucleic acid region X is hybridizable with said nucleic acid region X', said nucleic acid region Y is hybridizable with said nucleic acid region Y' and said nucleic acid region Z is hybridizable with said nucleic acid region Z' such that said plurality of pairs of probes form the following structures ##STR3##which structures are bound with each other in alternation to form said polymer.