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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2000
Gregory M. Preston, Salem, CT (US);
John W. Backus, Ballwin, MO (US);
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, INC, Raritan, NJ (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are improved methods for amplifying nucleic acids. The methods encompass a method for increasing the specificity of amplification of a target nucleic acid in an amplification reaction, where the reaction reagents include one or more oligonucleotide amplification primers specific to the target nucleic acid, a target nucleic acid, a nucleic acid polymerase, and one or more magnesium salts, by preparing a primer/carrier mixture comprising one or more oligonucleotide amplification primers and carrier nucleic acid, and contacting the primer/carrier admixture with target nucleic acid, one or more magnesium salts, and nucleic acid polymerase.