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Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018

Filed:

May. 23, 2016
Applicant:

Gen-probe Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Daniel L. Kacian, San Diego, CA (US);

Kenneth A. Browne, Poway, CA (US);

Assignee:

GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 19/34 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6851 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6813 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6865 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed are compositions and methods for making differentiable amplicon species at unequal ratios using a single amplification system in a single vessel. The number of differentiable amplicons and their ratios to one another are chosen to span the required linear dynamic range for the amplification reaction and to accommodate limitations of the measuring system used to determine the amount of amplicon generated. Unequal amounts of distinguishable amplicon species are generated by providing unequal amounts of one or more amplification reaction components (e.g., distinguishable amplification oligomers, natural and unnatural NTP in an NTP mix, or the like). The amount of target nucleic acid present in a test sample is determined using the linear detection range generated from detection of one or more amplicon species having an amount within the dynamic range of detection.


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