Patent ID: 7258975
Filing Date: 2007-08-21
Classification: C12Q

Abstract:
1. A method of detecting the presence or absence of a deletion of a guanosine at position 30 of the connexin 26 gene in a human, said method comprising: a) contacting a biological sample containing DNA from the human with a pair of oligonucleotide primers under conditions permitting hybridization of the pair of oligonucleotide primers with the DNA contained in the biological sample, said pair of oligonucleotide primers capable of amplifying a region of interest in the connexin 26 gene; b) amplifying said region of interest in the connexin 26 gene, thereby producing amplified DNA; and c) detecting the presence or absence of a deletion of a guanosine at position 30 of the connexin 26 gene in the amplified DNA, thereby detecting the presence or absence of a deletion of a guanosine at position 30 of the connexin 26 gene in the human; wherein step c) comprises: