Patent 7354750 was granted and assigned to Promega on April, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present invention provides compositions and methods for the separation of metals or molecules such as polypeptides, nucleic acids, or endotoxins using a metal-modified solid support. The metals or molecules are isolated from a starting material using the modified solid supports of the invention. Also provided by the invention are kits that can be used in connection with the inventive methods.