SBIR/STTR Research Award
CHEMILUMINESCENT LABELS FOR POLYNUCLEOTIDES ELECTROPHORETICALLY SEPARATED IN AGAROSE GELS
Award amount
$499,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1988Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Energy
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- SYMBIOTECH, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
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- Solicitation number
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- Topic code
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Research abstract
THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP A NONRADIOACTIVE METHOD FOR LABELING GENETIC MATERIALS. A LIGHT-EMITTING CHEMICAL REACTION (CHEMILUMINESCENCE) WILL BE EMPLOYED AS A LABEL. CHEMILUMINESCENCE, OWING TO ITS HIGH SENSITIVITY, SIMPLICITY, AND SAFETY, PROVIDES AN ALTERNATIVE TO RADIOISOTOPES. THIS NEW LABELING TECHNIQUE IS EXPECTED TO FIND USE IN MEDICAL CHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH LABORATORIES AND IN TEACHING SETTINGS AT UNIVERSITIES AND HIGH SCHOOLS. IN ADDITION, DEVELOPMENT WORK WILL BEGIN FOR IMAGING, RECORDING, PROCESSING, AND STORAGE OF EXPERIMENTAL GENETIC DATA OBTAINED WITH CHEMILUMINESCENT LABELS.
Technology keywords
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