Patent ID: 6828432
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: B01J,B82B,B82Y,C07B,C07H,C12Q,C40B,Y10S

Abstract:
A composition comprising at least two types of nanoparticles having oligonucleotides attached thereto, at least a portion of the oligonucleotides on a first type of nanoparticles having a sequence complementary to a sequence of a first portion of a target nucleic acid, and at least a portion of the oligonucleotides on a second type of nanoparticles having a sequence complementary to a sequence of a second portion of the nucleic acid wherein at least some the oligonucleotides bound to the nanoparticles comprise at least one type of recognition oligonucleotides, each type of recognition oligonucleotides comprising a sequence complementary to at least one portion of a sequence of the target nucleic acid; and a type of diluent oligonucleotides.