Method and kit for destroying ability of nucleic acid to be amplified

US5612200A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED · US

Inventors

• Nanibhushan Dattagupta · San Diego, US
• Thomas B. Ryder · Escondido, US
• Daniel L. Kacian · San Diego, US
• Keiichi Kamisango · Tokyo, JP

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 28, 1994
• Grant date: Mar 18, 1997
• Expiry date: Mar 28, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12Q1/6848
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Method for destroying the ability of a nucleic acid to be amplified, comprising the step of contacting the nucleic acid with bleach in an amount and for a time sufficient to inhibit the ability of that nucleic acid to be amplified in an amplification reaction.