Patent ID: 7132251
Filing Date: 2006-11-07
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A method for characterizing a carbohydrate polymer, the method comprising: a) providing a substrate comprising at least one first saccharide-binding agent attached to a predetermined location on a surface of said substrate; b) contacting said substrate with a carbohydrate polymer under conditions allowing for the formation of a first complex between said first saccharide-binding agent and said carbohydrate polymer; c) contacting said substrate with at least one second saccharide-binding agent under conditions allowing for formation of a second complex between said first complex and said second saccharide-binding agent in a second complex, wherein at least one of said first and second saccharide-binding agents comprises a plurality of different saccharide-binding agents; d) identifying said first saccharide-binding agent and second saccharide-binding agent in said second complex; and e) determining a fingerprint of binding of said first saccharide-binding agent and said second saccharide-binding agent, wherein said fingerprint is a compilation of the binding status of the carbohydrate polymer and the plurality of first saccharide-binding agents and second saccharide-binding agents, thereby characterizing said carbohydrate polymer.