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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
James E Dahlberg, Madison, WI (US);
Victor I Lyamichev, Madison, WI (US);
Mary Ann Brow, Madison, WI (US);
Mary C Oldenburg, Madison, WI (US);
Assignee:
Third Wave Technologies, Inc., Madison, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 9153 ; 435975 ; 435199 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to means for cleaving a nucleic acid cleavage structure in a site-specific manner. Enzymes, including 5' nucleases and 3' exonucleases, are used to screen for known and unknown mutations, including single base changes, in nucleic acids. Methods are provided which allow for the identification of genetic mutations and the identification bacterial and viral strains and species in a sample.