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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2007
David James Earnshaw, Walden, GB;
Niall Anthony Gormley, Walden, GB;
Helen Rachel Bignell, Walden, GB;
Melanie Anne Smith, Walden, GB;
David James Earnshaw, Walden, GB;
Niall Anthony Gormley, Walden, GB;
Helen Rachel Bignell, Walden, GB;
Melanie Anne Smith, Walden, GB;
Illumina Cambridge Limited, Nr Saffron Walden, GB;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method of preparing a library of template polynucleotides which reduces and/or prevents the formation of adaptor-dimers. The invention also relates to the use of a library of templates prepared using the method of the invention for solid-phase nucleic acid amplification. In particular, the invention relates to a method of preparing a library of template polynucleotides which have common sequences at their 5' ends and at their 3′ ends which is substantially free of adaptor-dimers.