| abstract |
A solid support capable of binding a nucleic acid thereto upon suitable irradiation, comprising (a) a solid substrate, (b) a photochemically reactive intercalator compound or other nucleic acid-binding ligands, and (c) divalent radical chemically linking the substrate and the ligand (b). Specifically, a hydroxy group-containing solid substrate such as nitrocellulose paper is linked via a bifunctional reagent such as cyanogen bromide or 1,4-butanediol-diglycidyl ether to an amino-substituted angelicin or psoralen or ethidium bromide which in turn is photochemically linked to a nucleic acid. The resulting immobilized nucleic acid probe is capable of hybridizing with complementary nucleic acid fragments and is thereby useful in diagnostic assays. |