Abstract: The present application is directed to a method for performing a bisulfite reaction to determine methylation positions in a nucleic acid, i.e. methylated and non-methylated cytosines, whereby the nucleic acid is incubated in a solution comprising the nucleic acid for a time period of 1.5 to 3.5 hours at a temperature between 70 and 90° C., whereby the concentration of bisulfite in the solution is between 3 M and 6.25 M and whereby the pH value of the solution is between 5.0 and 6.0 whereby the nucleic acid, i.e. the cytosine bases in the nucleic acid, are deaminated. Then the solution comprising the deaminated nucleic acid is desulfonated and preferably desalted. The application is further related to a solution comprising bisulfite with a certain pH and uses thereof as well as a kit comprising the solution.

Abstract: The present invention is related to compounds comprising six-membered rings capable of being incorporated into nucleic acids. Particularly, the six-membered ring is a derivative of cyclohexane, cyclohexene, tetrahydropyran, tetrahydrothiopyran or piperidine. These compounds may be used to build up oligomeric compounds. The invention is further related to uses of these oligomeric compounds for hybridization and as probes. In addition, methods for the detection of nucleic acids are provided wherein the oligomeric compounds are used.

Abstract: A method for purification of a nucleic acid comprising the steps of (a) adsorbing on a substrate the nucleic acid from a composition containing (i) an aqueous buffer, (ii) salts in a high concentration, (iii) a water-miscible, non-acidic organic compound, and (iv) the nucleic acid; (b) optionally washing with a washing solution the substrate with the adsorbed nucleic acid; (c) contacting the substrate with the adsorbed nucleic acid with a solution containing salts in a lower concentration compared to the composition of step (a), thereby desorbing the nucleic acid from the substrate; (d) separating the solution with the desorbed nucleic acid from the substrate, thereby purifying the nucleic acid; and optionally (e) precipitating the desorbed nucleic acid from the solution of step (d) and isolating the precipitated nucleic acid, thereby further purifying the nucleic acid.

Abstract: The present invention is related to compounds comprising six-membered rings capable of being incorporated into nucleic acids. Particularly, the six-membered ring is a derivative of cyclohexane, cyclohexene, tetrahydropyran, tetrahydrothiopyran or piperidine. These compounds may be used to build up oligomeric compounds. The invention is further related to uses of these oligomeric compounds for hybridization and as probes. In addition, methods for the detection of nucleic acids are provided wherein the oligomeric compounds are used.

Abstract: The current invention restates substituted indole nucleosides as both terminal as well as internal building blocks of labeled oligonucleotide probes for the detection, analysis and quantitation of nucleic acids. The substituent comprises a linker and a detectable group or a linker and a reactive group for post synthesis coupling. These modified nucleosides grant access to a wide application area. These new substituted indole nucleosides can be used as labeling reagents for the facile preparation of e.g. optimized hybridization probes, Taqman-probes, or molecular beacon probes.

Abstract: The present invention is in the field of nucleic acid binding compounds comprising 7-substituted 7-deaza-8aza-2,6-diamino-purine bases, compounds useful for the preparation of such compounds, various uses thereof and methods for the determination of nucleic acids using said compounds in the field of diagnostics.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to the use of a benzimidazolium compound comprising a side chain at at least one of its N-residues, said chain being either a Cn-alkyl or a substituted Cn-alkyl, characterized in that preferably n is ?3, as an additive for a nucleic acid amplification reaction.

Abstract: The invention relates to a coupling unit for coupling an optical transmitting and/or receiving module to an optical fiber. The coupling unit has a connecting area that can be connected to a transmitting and/or receiving module, and a holding area that holds an optical fiber. A transparent coupling area is provided, which is formed as an integral component of the coupling unit, and via which light can be coupled directly between an optical fiber that is inserted into the holding area and a transmitting and/or receiving module that is coupled directly to it. The coupling area preferably has a matched refractive index. The coupling unit is preferably in the form of an injection-molded part.

Abstract: Within oligonucleotides 2-azapurine and especially 2-azaadenine bases form specifically base pairs with guanine. This base pair is of analogous stability as an adenine-thymine but less stable than a guanine-cytosine base pair. Therefore, the incorporation of 2-azaadenine residues into oligonucleotides instead of cytosine leads specifically to hybridization complexes with nucleic acids with homogenous stability. This is useful for the adaptation of the stabilities of different oligonucleotide sequences in all kinds of hybridization techniques, for example in oligomer chip technology.

Abstract: Within oligonucleotides 2-azapurine and especially 2-azaadenine bases form specifically base pairs with guanine. This base pair is of analogous stability as an adenine-thymine but less stable than a guanine-cytosine base pair. Therefore, the incorporation of 2-azaadenine residues into oligonucleotides instead of cytosine leads specifically to hybridization complexes with nucleic acids with homogenous stability. This is useful for the adaptation of the stabilities of different oligonucleotide sequences in all kinds of hybridization techniques, for example in oligomer chip technology.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a nucleic acid binding compound comprising N8- or C8-linked purine bases or structurally related heterocycles, a compound useful for the preparation of such compound, a binding product of this nucleic acid binding compound with a nucleic acid, a method for the determination of a nucleic acid using said compound, and several uses of 8-linked purine bases and structurally related heterocycles. Compounds according to the present invention have advantageous properties when used in hybridization methods.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a nucleic acid binding compound comprising N8- or C8-linked purine bases or structurally related heterocycles, a compound useful for the preparation of such compound, a binding product of this nucleic acid binding compound with a nucleic acid, a method for the determination of a nucleic acid using said compound, and several uses of 8-linked purine bases and structurally related heterocycles. Compounds according to the present invention have advantageous properties when used in hybridization methods.

Abstract: The present application is directed to a method for performing a bisulfite reaction to determine methylation positions in a nucleic acid, i.e. methylated and non-methylated cytosines, whereby the nucleic acid is incubated in a solution comprising the nucleic acid for a time period of 1.5 to 3.5 hours at a temperature between 70 and 90° C., whereby the concentration of bisulfite in the solution is between 3 M and 6.25 M and whereby the pH value of the solution is between 5.0 and 6.0 whereby the nucleic acid, i.e. the cytosine bases in the nucleic acid, are deaminated. Then the solution comprising the deaminated nucleic acid is desulfonated and preferably desalted. The application is further related to a solution comprising bisulfite with a certain pH and uses thereof as well as a kit comprising the solution.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for hot dip coating metal strand (1), particularly strip steel, in which the metal strand (1) can be vertically guided through a reservoir (3), which accommodates the molten coating metal (2), and though a guide channel (4) connected upstream therefrom. An electromagnetic inductor (5) is mounted in the area of the guide channel (4) and in order to retain the coating metal (2) inside the reservoir (3), can induce induction currents in the coating metal (2) by an electromagnetic traveling field. While interacting with the electromagnetic traveling field, the induction currents exert an electromagnetic force. The inductor (5) has at least two main coils (6) that are arranged in succession in movement direction (X) of the metal strand (1), and has at least two correction coils (7) for controlling the position of the metal strand (1) inside the guide channel (4) in direction (N), which is normal to the surface of the metal strand (1).

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for hot dip coating metal strands (1), particularly strip steel, in which the metal strand (1) can be vertically guided through a reservoir (3), which accommodates the molten coating metal (2), and though a guide channel (4) connected upstream therefrom. An electromagnetic inductor (5) is mounted in the area of the guide channel (4) and in order to retain the coating metal (2) inside the reservoir (3), can induce induction currents in the coating metal (2) by means of an electromagnetic traveling field. While interacting with the electromagnetic traveling field, said induction currents exert an electromagnetic force. The inductor (5) has at least two main coils (6) that are arranged in succession in movement direction (X) of the metal strand (1), and has at least two correction coils (7) for controlling the position of the metal strand (1) inside the guide channel (4) in direction (N), which is normal to the surface of the metal strand (1).

Abstract: A method for purification of a nucleic acid comprising the steps of (a) adsorbing on a substrate the nucleic acid from a composition containing (i) an aqueous buffer, (ii) salts in a high concentration, (iii) a water-miscible, non-acidic organic compound, and (iv) the nucleic acid; ( b) optionally washing with a washing solution the substrate with the adsorbed nucleic acid; (c) contacting the substrate with the adsorbed nucleic acid with a solution containing salts in a lower concentration compared to the composition of step (a), thereby desorbing the nucleic acid from the substrate; (d) separating the solution with the desorbed nucleic acid from the substrate, thereby purifying the nucleic acid; and optionally (e) precipitating the desorbed nucleic acid from the solution of step (d) and isolating the precipitated nucleic acid, thereby further purifying the nucleic acid.

Abstract: The present invention is related to compounds comprising six-membered rings capable of being incorporated into nucleic acids. Particularly, the six-membered ring is a derivative of cyclohexane, cyclohexene, tetrahydropyran, tetrahydrothiopyran or piperidine. These compounds may be used to build up oligomeric compounds. The invention is further related to uses of these oligomeric compounds for hybridization and as probes. In addition, methods for the detection of nucleic acids are provided wherein the oligomeric compounds are used.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for the determination of at least 3 analytes using specific binding partners. Combinations of detectable labels are coupled to the binding partners assuring that each binding partner molecule is coupled with only one detectable label. This allows the determination of more different analytes than different labels used by not limiting the range of useable labels. The present invention is also related to kits, composition of matters and their use.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a nucleic acid binding compound comprising N8- or C8-linked purine bases or structurally related heterocycles, a compound useful for the preparation of such compound, a binding product of this nucleic acid binding compound with a nucleic acid, a method for the determination of a nucleic acid using said compound, and several uses of 8-linked purine bases and structurally related heterocycles. Compounds according to the present invention have advantageous properties when used in hybridization methods.

Abstract: The present invention is related to compounds comprising mannitol or glucitol derivatives which may be used to build up oligomeric compounds. The invention is further related to uses of these oligomeric compounds for hybridization and as probes. In addition, methods for the detection of nucleic acids are disclosed wherein the oligomeric compounds are used.