Patent ID: 6677118
Filing Date: 2004-01-13
Classification: C07K,C12Q

Abstract:
A process for detecting in a patient sample the presence or absence of at least one specific nucleic acid or mixture of nucleic acids, or distinguishing between two different sequences in said sample, wherein the sample is suspected of containing said sequence or sequences, which process comprises:(a) incubating said sample under stringent hybridization conditions with a nucleic acid probe which is selected from the group consisting of: (i) a nucleic acid sequence taken from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS:1 and 3 to 6; (ii) a nucleic acid sequence which is exactly complementary to any nucleic acid sequence of (i); (iii) a nucleic acid sequence which hybridizes under stringent conditions with the sequence of (i); and (iv) a nucleic acid sequence which hybridizes under stringent conditions with the sequence of (ii); and (b) determining whether said hybridization has occurred.