Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods of capturing sperm nucleic acids
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Application No.: US14672358Application Date: 2015-03-30
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Publication No.: US09957548B2Publication Date: 2018-05-01
- Inventor: Michael John Gerdes , John Richard Nelson , Patrick McCoy Spooner , Ralf Lenigk
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agent Pabitra K. Chakrabarti
- Main IPC: C12Q1/68
- IPC: C12Q1/68 ; C12N15/10 ; G01N33/68

Abstract:
A method of capturing a sperm deoxyribo nucleic acid (DNA) in a sample is disclosed. The method includes a step of contacting a lysis solution to the sample that includes at least a sperm cell or a sperm cell lysate to lyse the sperm cell. The sperm cell or sperm cell lysate includes a protamine-DNA complex. The method further includes applying at least a protamine-specific antibody to the lysed sperm cell, wherein the protamine-specific antibody binds to the protamine-DNA complex of the lysed sperm cell to form an antibody-protamine-DNA complex. The method further includes capturing the antibody-protamine-DNA complex; and isolating and detecting the sperm DNA from the captured antibody-protamine-DNA complex.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160289735A1 METHODS OF CAPTURING SPERM NUCLEIC ACIDS Public/Granted day:2016-10-06
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