Patent ID: 6541203
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: C12Q,G01N

Abstract:
A method of decoding a chemical library by determining structural or synthetic features of compounds in the chemical library, the method comprising steps of:providing a plurality of solid supports, each of which comprises: an attached chemical compound whose structure is to be determined; and a tag selected to represent a structural or synthetic feature of the chemical compound, wherein the tag is present on the solid support at less than or equal to 10âˆ’12 moles on each support; detaching the tags from the solid supports; and identifying the tags by a method comprising steps of: providing a plurality of binding partners, each of which binds specifically and detectably to at least one tag; contacting the released tags with the plurality of binding partners; and detecting binding of at least one binding partner to at least one tag, the existence of such binding indicating the bound tag was present on the solid support, which presence in turn indicates that the structural or synthetic feature represented by the tag was present in the chemical compound.