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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 15, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Silvia A Bustos, Catonsville, MD (US);
Christine A Rostkowski, Baltimore, MD (US);
Keith C Williams, Baltimore, MD (US);
Leslie A Stringfellow, Mt. Airy, MD (US);
Assignee:
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H / ; C12Q / ; C12P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-6 ; 435 912 ; 536 243 ; 536 2432 ; 536 2433 ;
Abstract
Oligonucleotide primers derived from the BCG-85B gene of mycobacteria and methods for complex-specific amplification of a fragment of the BCG-85B gene in species of the Mycobacterium avium Complex (MAC) are provided. Also disclosed are an oligonucleotide detector probe useful for detecting the amplification products of the BCG-85B gene in MAC species and adaptation of the primers for multiplex amplification reactions.