Angewandte Chemie International EditionVolume 41, Issue 9 p. 1548-1551 Communication Colorimetric and Fluorometric Detection of Nucleic Acids Using Cationic Polythiophene Derivatives Hoang-Anh Ho Dr., Hoang-Anh Ho Dr. Canada Research Chair in Polymer Chemistry Centre de recherche en sciences et ingénierie des macromolécules Département de chimie, Université Laval Quebec City, Qc, G1 K 7P4, CanadaSearch for more papers by this authorMaurice Boissinot Dr., Maurice Boissinot Dr. Centre de recherche en infectiologie Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec Pavillon CHUL, Université Laval Quebec City, Qc, G1V 4G2, CanadaSearch for more papers by this authorMichel G. Bergeron Prof. Dr., Michel G. Bergeron Prof. Dr. Centre de recherche en infectiologie Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec Pavillon CHUL, Université Laval Quebec City, Qc, G1V 4G2, CanadaSearch for more papers by this authorGeneviève Corbeil, Geneviève Corbeil Canada Research Chair in Polymer Chemistry Centre de recherche en sciences et ingénierie des macromolécules Département de chimie, Université Laval Quebec City, Qc, G1 K 7P4, CanadaSearch for more papers by this authorKim Doré, Kim Doré Canada Research Chair in Polymer Chemistry Centre de recherche en sciences et ingénierie des macromolécules Département de chimie, Université Laval Quebec City, Qc, G1 K 7P4, CanadaSearch for more papers by this authorDenis Boudreau Prof. Dr., Denis Boudreau Prof. Dr. Centre de recherche en optique, photonique et laser Département de chimie, Université Laval Quebec City, Qc, G1 K 7P4, CanadaSearch for more papers by this authorMario Leclerc Prof. Dr., Mario Leclerc Prof. Dr. [email protected] Canada Research Chair in Polymer Chemistry CERSIM, Département de Chimie, Université Laval Quebec City, Qc, G1 K 7P4, Canada, Fax:(+1) 418-656-7916Search for more papers by this author Hoang-Anh Ho Dr., Hoang-Anh Ho Dr. Canada Research Chair in Polymer Chemistry Centre de recherche en sciences et ingénierie des macromolécules Département de chimie, Université Laval Quebec City, Qc, G1 K 7P4, CanadaSearch for more papers by this authorMaurice Boissinot Dr., Maurice Boissinot Dr. Centre de recherche en infectiologie Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec Pavillon CHUL, Université Laval Quebec City, Qc, G1V 4G2, CanadaSearch for more papers by this authorMichel G. Bergeron Prof. Dr., Michel G. Bergeron Prof. Dr. Centre de recherche en infectiologie Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec Pavillon CHUL, Université Laval Quebec City, Qc, G1V 4G2, CanadaSearch for more papers by this authorGeneviève Corbeil, Geneviève Corbeil Canada Research Chair in Polymer Chemistry Centre de recherche en sciences et ingénierie des macromolécules Département de chimie, Université Laval Quebec City, Qc, G1 K 7P4, CanadaSearch for more papers by this authorKim Doré, Kim Doré Canada Research Chair in Polymer Chemistry Centre de recherche en sciences et ingénierie des macromolécules Département de chimie, Université Laval Quebec City, Qc, G1 K 7P4, CanadaSearch for more papers by this authorDenis Boudreau Prof. Dr., Denis Boudreau Prof. Dr. Centre de recherche en optique, photonique et laser Département de chimie, Université Laval Quebec City, Qc, G1 K 7P4, CanadaSearch for more papers by this authorMario Leclerc Prof. Dr., Mario Leclerc Prof. Dr. [email protected] Canada Research Chair in Polymer Chemistry CERSIM, Département de Chimie, Université Laval Quebec City, Qc, G1 K 7P4, Canada, Fax:(+1) 418-656-7916Search for more papers by this author First published: 02 May 2002 https://doi.org/10.1002/1521-3773(20020503)41:9<1548::AID-ANIE1548>3.0.CO;2-ICitations: 437 This work was supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (D.B. and M.L.), the Canada Research Chair Program (M.L.), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (M.G.B.) and Infectio Diagnostic (IDI) Inc. 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