Methods and kits for strand-specific polynucleotide detection with cationic multichromophores

Abstract From the Canadian patent

The invention relates to methods, articles and compositions for the detection and analysis of biomolecules in a sample. Provided assay include those determining the presence of a target biomolecule in a sample or its relative amount, or the assays may be quantitative or semi-quantitative. The methods can be performed on a substrate . The methods can be performed in an array format on a substrate, which can be a sensor. In some embodiments detection , assays are provided employing sensor biomolecules that do not comprise a fluorophore that can exchange energy with a cationic multichromophore . In some aspects biological assays are provided in which energy is transferred between one …