Patent ID: 6352825
Filing Date: 2002-03-05
Classification: C12Q

Abstract:
A general primer for amplification and detection of genital HPV genotypes, which is an oligonucleotide selected from the group consisting of:(i) the 23-mer 5â€²-TTTGTTACTGTGGTAGATACTAC-3â€² (SEQ ID NO:1) or a 23-mer which is fully complementary to SEQ ID NO:1; (ii) a 23-mer which differs from (i) by from 1 to 5 nucleotide substitutions at sites where nucleotide substitutions occur between different HPV strains but with the exclusion of substitutions of the last two nucleotides at the 3â€² end; and (iii) a 23+-mer having a 3â€² terminal sequence consisting of (i) or (ii).