BigPatents India

A method for the selective amplification of a target nucleic acid in a sample comprising the target nucleic acid and at least one noníWDUJHWnucleic acid, the method comprising amplifying the nucleic acids by means of at least one oligonucleotide primer comprising; a primer region that can prime and extend on the target and nonítarget nucleic acids; and a region that is an inverted repeat of an internal sequence of an amplicon of the at least one noníWDUJHWQXFOHLFDFLGEXWZKLFKFRQWDLQVDWOHDVWRQHPLVPDWFKWRWKHFRUUHVSRQGLQJLQWHUQDOsequence, if present, of an amplicon of the target nucleic acid. (FIG. NIL).