摘要:
Systems, including compositions, kits, and methods, suitable for performing enzyme assays, such as protease assays. The composition may include derivatives of rhodamine 110 that are substitued at the xanthylium nitrogens by a peptide moiety and a morpholine-4-carbonyl moiety, respectively. These compositions may be luminogenic substrates for a large variety of protease enzymes, with utility in a variety of sensitive protease enzyme assays.
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Cette invention se rapporte à des microcompartiments poreux qui contiennent des cellules et permettent à un liquide de s'écouler dans et hors du compartiment tout en retenant les cellules à l'intérieur du compartiment. Ces microcompartiments poreux agissent comme des dispositifs jetables grâce auxquels l'on peut placer les cellules dans un microcompartiment d'écoulement de sorte que les caractéristiques des cellules contenues dans les microcompartiment poreux peuvent être mesurées.
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Methods and apparatuses are described for determining the presence of an analyte in a sample suspected of containing the analyte. The method comprises contacting a concentrate of a determinable element capable of being detected by means of a semiconductive electrode with the electrode in the presence of a relatively large volume of an assay medium. The determinable element is present in the concentrate in the amount related to the amount of analyte present in the sample. The volume of the medium in diffusive communication with the concentrate is then reduced and the determinable element is detected by means of the effect that the determinable element has on the semiconductive electrode.
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Picogram amounts of DNA can be detected in a sample by the use of high-affinity, single-stranded DNA binding proteins. The assay is applicable not only to pure DNA samples but also to samples containing significant amounts of protein.
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A microtiter plate prepared from a hydrophobic plastic is rendered more hydrophilic by treatment of the surfaces of the wells of the microplate prior to use. The resulting plates are particularly useful in vertical beam photometry.
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Apparatus and methods are provided for multiple detection of analytes employing semiconductor capacitance as the signal modulated by the analyte. A plurality of semiconductor capacitors (20) are organized for detection (at individual sites) of changes in capacitance which are related to changes in a fluid medium, where the change can be related to the presence of an analyte in a channel (16) between the capacitors and a plate (14). Specific bonding compounds (24) may be placed adjacent some or all of the capacitors on a surface coating (22).
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Devices and methods are provided for making a plurality of determinations of the local (site-specific) redox state of a liquid system, by employing a photoresponsive element, which can be independently irradiated at different sites to provide independently detectable signals.
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Apparatus and methods for optically assaying an analyte borne on a support use a light source (24) to irradiate a sample of analyte (26), a light from which is received by a group of memory cells in a dynamic RAM (28) over a given exposure time. The exposure may be repeated over different exposure times. The characteristic of the analyte to be determined is assayed by measurement of the states of the memory cells after such exposure(s).