One step diagnosis by DNA chip

摘要

This invention relates to chips containing nucleic acid probes or primers and their use in methods to detect nucleic acid molecules. The invention includes DNA chips in contact with a thermocycler capable of automatically regulating the temperature, temperature cycle times, and number of temperature cycles of the chips to provide genetic diagnosis in one step, i.e. amplification and detection on the same chip. Moreover, the substrate of the chip has been silanated and/or coated with dendrons.