| abstract |
The present invention provides a process for detecting ornquantifying a target nucleic acid in a sample, the processncomprising the steps of associating a chemiluminescentncompound, capable of being associated with a double-strandednnucleic acid, with a double-stranded nucleic acid includingnthe target nucleic acid, and detecting or measuringnchemiluminescence derived from the chemiluminescent compoundnassociated with the double-stranded nucleic acid. Accordingnto the process, the target nucleic acid in the sample can benhighly sensitively detected, or precisely quantified. |