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AssigneesAarhus Universitet, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
InventorsTomasz Kazimierz Wojdacz, Lise Lotte Hansen, Alexander Dobrovic
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A reliable and highly sensitive method is provided for detecting methylation status of CpG-containing nucleic acids by nucleic acid amplification and melting curve analysis of amplification products. The methods and compositions employs a novel design of primers. CpG-containing methylation-independent oligonucleotide primers, wherein both unmethylated and methylated alleles of a CpG-containing nucleic acid can be detected by use of only one set of primers after the CpG-containing nucleic acid has been subjected to cytosine to thymine conversion of unmethylated Cytosine. The method is useful for detection of methylation status in for example cancer genes and other disease related genes, wherein methylation influences gene expression.
A method for detecting methylation status of a CpG-containing nucleic acid in a sample comprising the steps of
A kit for the detection of methylation status of a CpG-containing nucleic acid in a sample, said kit comprising at least one methylation-independent oligonucleotide primer, which comprises at least one CpG dinucleotide.
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