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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 1992
Filed:
Aug. 18, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kyriaki Parodos, Framingham, MA (US);
Hsien-Yeh Hsu, Brighton, MA (US);
David Sobell, Arlington, MA (US);
Janice M McCarty, Hyde Park, MA (US);
David J Lane, Milford, MA (US);
Assignee:
Gene-Trak Systems, Framingham, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H / ; C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
536 27 ; 435-6 ; 435 91 ; 435839 ; 435843 ; 435844 ; 435849 ; 435852 ; 435856 ; 435875 ; 435879 ; 435880 ; 435882 ; 435883 ; 435884 ; 435885 ; 435886 ; 436501 ; 436808 ; 536 26 ; 536 28 ; 935-9 ; 935 78 ;
Abstract
Nucleic acid probes capable of specifically hybridizing to rRNA of E. coli and Shigella species and not to rRNA of non-E. coli/Shigella are described along with methods utilizing such probes for the specific detection of E. coli and/or Shigella in food and other samples.