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Photochemical attachment of synthetic oligonucleotides on the three dimensi
onal surface of a polyacrylamide based hydrogel was used in the specific de
tection of target oligonucleotides. Covalent attachment of the oligonucleot
ide to the hydrogel was mediated by the incorporation of a 2+2 photo-attach
able functional group in both the hydrogel and the oligonucleotide probe. E
xpression and SNP assays were used to evaluate this platform.