Nuclear acid multimeters and amplified nucleic acid hybridisation tests

摘要

Linear or branched oligonucleotide multimers useful as amplifiers in biochemical assays which comprise (1) at least one first single-stranded oligonucleotide unit that is complementary to a single-stranded oligonucleotide sequence of interest, and (2) a multiplicity of second single-stranded oligonucleotide units that are complementary to a single-stranded labelled oligonucleotide. Amplified sandwich nucleic acid hybridization and immunoassays using the multimers are exemplified.