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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2011
Wai-chung Lam, Bonsall, CA (US);
Kristin W. Livezey, Encinitas, CA (US);
Michael M. Becker, San Diego, CA (US);
Wai-Chung Lam, Bonsall, CA (US);
Kristin W. Livezey, Encinitas, CA (US);
Michael M. Becker, San Diego, CA (US);
Gen-Probe Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides kits containing tagged oligonucleotides for use in certain nucleic acid amplification methods to desirably reduce or eliminate false positive amplification signals resulting from contaminating biological material, e.g., nucleic acid, that may be present in one or more reagents used in an amplification reaction and/or that may be present in the environment in which an amplification reaction is performed. The kits containing tagged oligonucleotides can be used in purification and/or sterility efforts under less stringent conditions than conventionally needed to reduce or eliminate false positive results in a nucleic acid amplification method.