Inventors:
H. Franklin Bunn - Auburndale MA
Gary Gilliland - Wellesley MA
Kerry Blanchard - Brookline MA
Steven Perrin - Brighton MA
Assignee:
Brigham and Women's Hospital - Boston MA
International Classification:
C12Q 168, C07H 1700, C12P 1934, C12N 1500
Abstract:
A process for quantitating nucleic acids species in a sample is described which comprises co-amplification of a competitive template with the sample template wherein the competitive template utilizes primers identical to those utilized by the sample template and wherein the competitive template is distinguishable from the sample template.