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Bio-Synthesis Announces New BNA Technology License
November 07, 2012
 

Bio-Synthesis Inc. Introduces "BNA-NC" - A Third Generation Multi Functional Bridged Nucleic Acid

Bio-Synthesis is proud to announce that it has acquired a license from BNA Inc. of Osaka, Japan for the manufacturing and distribution of BNA-NC, a third generation of BNA oligonucleotides. This agreement is valid worldwide and is meant for research use only at this time  (Patents JP: 4731324(2011.4.28), USP: 7427672(2008.9.23), EP: 1551905(2012.4.25)).

In 1997, the first generation BNA (2'-O ,4'-C-methylene-bridged nucleic acid, 2',4'-BNA, also known as LNA) was developed by Prof. Takeshi Imanishi of Osaka University (now, Emeritus Professor and CEO of BNA Inc.) and co-workers. This was followed by development of second generation BNAs such as 2',4'-BNA-COC, 5'-amino-2',4'-BNA.

The third generation of 2',4'-BNA-NC contains a 6-membered ring with a N-O bond between the 2'-hydroxyl and the 4'-carbon of the ribose moiety. It exhibits very strong binding affinity to complementary single stranded RNA, DNA, and double stranded DNA with a highly sequence-selective mode. In particular, the binding ability to complementary RNA is significantly high. BNA-NC also possesses great stability due to its nuclease resistant properties. (Follow the full Press Release here.)

BNA Features

  • Improved hybridization selectivity and specificity
  • Increased thermal duplex stability
  • Enhanced allelic discrimination
  • High biological stability to nuclease and protease
  • Superior antisense inhibition and potency
  • Flexible probe designs regardless of GC content
  • Easily adaptable to many DNA or RNA detection system

Applications

  • Antigene inhibition
  • Inhibition of RNA function
  • Real-time/ qPCR
  • SNP detection /allele specific PCR
  • In situ hybridization
  • DNAzymes and Ribozymes
  • Biosensor and more

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