Patent ID: 6235465
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: C12Q,G11B

Abstract:
A synthetic oligonucleotide useful as an amplifier probe in a sandwich hybridization assay for HTLV-1, wherein said oligonucleotide consists of:a first segment having a minimum length of about 25 nucleotides and a maximum length of about 100 nucleotides which segment is at least 90% homologous to a segment of HTLV-1 nucleic acid, wherein said first segment comprises a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 6-41; anda second segment consisting of a nucleotide sequence which is at least 90% homologous to an oligonucleotide segment of a nucleic acid multimer wherein said second segment is not complementary to HTLV-1 nucleic acid;and optionally one or more noncomplementary segments each consisting of a nucleotide sequence that is not complementary to HTLV-1 nucleic acid.