METHOD OF USING AN OLIGOMER TO ISOLATE, PURIFY, AMPLIFY, DETECT, IDENTIFY, QUANTIFY OR CAPTURE A NATURAL OR SYNTHETIC NUCLEIC ACID, A KIT COMPRISING THE SAME AND A METHOD OF MAKING AN OLIGOMER
The present invention relates to novel bicyclic and tricyclic nucleoside analogues as well as to oligonucleotides comprising such elements. The nucleotide analogues, LNAs (Locked Nucleoside Analogues), are able to provide valuable improvements to oligonucleotides with respect to affinity and specificity towards complementary RNA and DNA oligomers. The novel type of LNA modified oligonucleotides, as well as the LNAs as such, are useful in a wide range of diagnostic applications as well as therapeutic applications. Among these can be mentioned antisense applications, PCR applications, strand displacement oligomers, as substrates for nucleic acid polymerises, as nucleotide based drugs, etc. The present invention also relates to such applications. <；IMAGE>；
