Patent ID: 6617103
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: C07K,C12N,C12Q,G01N

Abstract:
A method of detecting HSV-2 nucleic acid that specifically hybridizes to Xho-2 subfragment of BglII N fragment of HSV-2 nucleic acid in a sample comprising:(a) contacting said sample with an isolated nucleic acid molecule selected within the predicted open reading frame of Xho-2 subfragment of BglII N fragment of HSV-2 consisting of at least 15 nucleotides which specifically hybridizes to RNA or DNA encoding Xho-2 subfragment of BglII N fragment of HSV-2, wherein said nucleic acid molecule is, or is complementary to, a nucleotide sequence consisting of at least 15 consecutive nucleotides within the predicted open reading frame of Xho-2 subfragment of BglII N fragment of HSV-2, under conditions such that hybridization occurs, and (b) detecting the presence of said HSV-2 nucleic acid that specifically hybridizes to Xho-2 subfragment of BglII N fragment of HSV-2 nucleic acid.