Patent ID: 8377657
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: C12Q

Abstract:
1. A primer that it is able to specifically hybridize to either a methylated or an unmethylated CpG site of a template nucleic acid, wherein the primer comprises an abasic region that interacts with the methylated or the unmethylated CpG site of the template nucleic acid wherein the primer comprises the nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of: SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 5, SEQ ID NO: 6, SEQ ID NO: 7, SEQ ID NO: 8, SEQ ID NO: 9, SEQ ID NO: 10, SEQ ID NO: 11 or SEQ ID NO: 12.