Patent · US Expired

Amplification of nucleic acid sequences using oligonucleotides of random sequence as primers

US5043272A · kind A · utility

311Cited by
1References
50Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateApr 27, 1989
Grant dateAug 27, 1991
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 27, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T436/143333
  • WIPO fieldBiotechnology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

According to this invention, a process for substantially amplifying template nucleic acid present in a sample is described, wherein said amplification may be performed without prior knowledge of specific sequences, which process comprises apposition of random oligonucleotide primers to said template nucleic acid under conditions such that extension products of said primers are synthesized which are complementary to said template nucleic acid.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.