Patent ID: 6300056
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: C12Q,Y10S

Abstract:
A synthetic oligonucleotide useful as an amplifier probe in a sandwich hybridization assay for HIV, wherein said oligonucleotide consists of;a first segment having a minimum length of 33 nucleotides and a maximum length of about 100 nucleotides which segment is at least 90% homologous to a segment of HIV nucleic acid, wherein said first segment comprises a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 5-13, 17-40, 45, 46, and 49-53; 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 HIV nucleic acid;and optionally one or more noncomplementary segments each consisting of a nucleotide sequence that is not complementary to HIV nucleic acid.