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patent · US6537829

Up-converting reporters for biological and other assays using laser excitation techniques

25 March 2003

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Abstract

The invention provides methods, compositions, and apparatus for performing sensitive detection of analytes, such as biological macromolecules and other analytes, by labeling a probe molecule with an up-converting label. The up-converting label absorbs radiation from an illumination source and emits radiation at one or more higher frequencies, providing enhanced signal-to-noise ratio and the essential elimination of background sample autofluorescence. The methods, compositions...

Provenance

Collection
Cited prior art
Filed
1999-12-01
Source
Google Patents bibliographic record
Granted
2003-03-25
Inventors
David A. Zarling; Michel J. Rossi; Norman A. Peppers; James Kane; Gregory W. Faris; Mark J. Dyer; Steve Y. Ng; Luke V. Schneider; SRI International Inc