Patents Assigned to Syngenta participatious AG
  • Locked nucleic acid containing heteropolymers and related methods
    Patent number: 7053195
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of replacing nucleotides in target nucleic acid sequences using DNA-LNA chimeras. The method of the present invention provides for replacing a first nucleotide in a target sequence by exposing the target sequence to a DNA-LNA heteropolymer and thereby replacing the first nucleotide with a second nucleotide. The invention also features the DNA-LNA chimeras themselves as well as methods of making them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Syngenta participatious AG
    Inventor: Stephen A. Goff