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PCR hot start by magnesium sequestration

US8026058B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. · US

Inventors

Waltraud Ankenbauer · Penzberg, DE
Dieter Heindl · Munich, DE
Frank Laue · Kempten (Allgäu), DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 27, 2008
Grant date	Sep 27, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 27, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12Q1/6848
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention is directed to a synthetic peptide having a length of not more than 30 amino acids comprising a divalent cation binding site. Such a peptide according to the present invention is part of a composition for nucleic acid amplification and provides for a so-called hot start effect.

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