Suppression of non-specific nucleic acid amplification
CA 2432016 A1 · Owner: Amersham Biosciences Uk Limited · Inventors: Schwarz, Terek; Pickering, Judith; Smith, Clifford
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The invention discloses methods of reducing background signal in nucleic acid amplification reactions by the use of primers in the case of isothermal amplification which include at least one modification selected from a nucleotide analogue, a hairpin loop at the 5'end of the primer a , ribonucleotide or a fluor or quencher. For more general nucleic acid amplification reactions the primer includes at least two of the modifications.
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- Filed January 15, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended January 15, 2022.
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