Assay for perkinsus in shellfish
US6326485A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 25, 1997 |
| Grant date | Dec 4, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 25, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12Q1/6893
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention is directed to oligonucleotides used as amplification primers and assay probes for species-specific detection and identification of the protozoan Perkinsus in shellfish. The oligonucleotides are designed to preferentially hybridize to what has been found to be a species-unique sequence in the target organism's genome. Preferential hybridization means, for example, that the inventive primers amplify the target sequence in P. marinus with little or no detectable amplification of target sequences of other species of protozoa such as P. atlanticus thereby making the assay species specific.
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