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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael Houghton, Danville, CA (US);
Qui-Lim Choo, El Cerrito, CA (US);
George Kuo, San Francisco, CA (US);
Amy J Weiner, Oakland, CA (US);
Jang Han, Lafayette, CA (US);
Michael Steven Urdea, Alamo, CA (US);
Bruce Duncan Irvine, Concord, CA (US);
Janice A Kolberg, Richmond, CA (US);
Assignee:
Chiron Corporation, Emeryville, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H / ; C12Q / ; C12Q / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
536 2372 ; 536 231 ; 536 243 ; 536 253 ; 536 2532 ; 435-5 ; 435-6 ; 435 911 ; 435 9133 ; 436 94 ; 935-1 ; 935-3 ; 935-5 ; 935-8 ; 935 19 ; 935 76 ; 935 77 ; 935 78 ;
Abstract
A new virus, Hepatitis C virus (HCV), which has proven to be the major etiologic agent of blood-borne NANBH, was discovered by Applicant. Reagents for isolating, amplifying, and detecting HCV polynucleotides are provided. These reagents are oligomers comprised of polynucleotide sequences which are capable of forming hybrid structures with HCV target polynucleotide sequences.