Kee-Yong Jung

US Patent:

20040009933, Jan 15, 2004

Filed:

Mar 6, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/382754

Inventors:

Dean Wise - Ann Abor MI, US
Anthony Sercel - Ann Arbor MI, US
Kee-Yong Jung - Ann Arbor MI, US
David Berry - Ann Arbor MI, US
John Randolph - Great Falls VA, US
Robert Somers - Rockville MD, US
Hugh Mackie - Round Hill VA, US

International Classification:

A61K031/7076
A61K031/675
A61K031/519

US Classification:

514/043000, 514/081000, 514/265100

Abstract:

A fluorescent nitrogenous base and nucleosides including the fluorescent nitrogenous base are provided. Nucleosides including the fluorescent nitrogenous base are capable of Watson-Crick base pairing with naturally occurring nucleosides. The nucleosides including the fluorescent nitrogenous base have many uses including but not limited to use in probes, in the synthesis of nucleic acids, and in investigating nucleic acid interactions with other nucleic acids and/or with proteins.