Method of nucleic acid analysis by mass spectrometry
申请人:CANCER RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
公开号:EP1498497A2
公开(公告)日:2005-01-19
A method of analysing a nucleic acid by mass spectrometry comprising the steps of: (1) preparing a nucleic acid molecule comprising a negatively charged non-phosphate sugar-sugar linkage; (2) eliminating the charge from all, or up to all but ten, of the sugar-sugar linkages of the said nucleic acid molecule; (3) introducing the said nucleic acid molecule in which the charge has been wholly or partly eliminated as said into a mass spectrometer, and (4) determining the mass of the said nucleic acid molecule. Preferably, the nucleic acid has no or one charge. A method of preparing a nucleic acid molecule containing no or up to ten negative charges and no or up to ten positive charges comprising the steps of (1) synthesising a nucleic acid with a phosphorothioate linkage or a phosphoroselenoate linkage between sugar residues, and (2) reacting the said nucleic acid with an alkylating agent so as to eliminate the charge on the said phosphorothioate linkage or said phosphoroselenoate linkage. The methods are useful for DNA sequencing and mutation analysis, and the nucleic acids are useful to suppress gene expression.
Ultraphobic surface having a multitude of reversibly producible hydrophilic and/or oleophilic areas
申请人:Engelking Joachim
公开号:US20060013735A1
公开(公告)日:2006-01-19
The invention relates to a planar structure, particularly a plate, having an ultraphobic surface on which the hydrophilic and/or oleophilic areas can be reversibly produced. The invention also relates to a planar structure comprising an ultraphobic surface provided with hydrophilic and/or oleophilic areas that are each completely surrounded by ultraphobic areas. The invention additionally relates to methods for reversibly producing hydrophilic and/or oleophilic areas on ultraphobic surfaces, to the deposition of liquid drops onto the inventive planar structure, and to the use of the inventive planar structure for conducting mass spectroscopic and/or optical analysis of aqueous liquids.