Decontamination of nucleic acid amplification reactions using ur

Details Decontamination of nucleic acid amplification reactions using ur Decontamination of nucleic acid amplification reactions using ur

1994-07-29

1996-07-16

Jones, W. Gary

Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology

Micro-organism, tissue cell culture or enzyme using process...

Preparing compound containing saccharide radical

435 6, C12P 1934, C12Q 168

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ABSTRACT:
Methods for inactivating contaminating amplicons in isothermal nucleic acid amplification reactions such as SDA. Uracil is incorporated into the amplicons produced by amplification in the place of thymine (T) using novel SDA reaction conditions. If these amplicons contaminate a subsequent amplification reaction, they may be inactivated as templates (i.e., rendered unamplifiable) by treatment with UDG. As isothermal amplification does not involve elevated temperatures, the UDG may be inactivated during the subsequent amplification of specific target sequences by inclusion of the UDG inhibitor protein Ugi. Incorporation of dU has unexpectedly been found to enhance the amplification power of SDA as compared to conventional SDA reactions. The methods may also be used to detect UDG activity in reagents or samples.

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