Title (en) REAGENTS AND METHODS FOR AUTOLIGATION CHAIN REACTION Title (de) REAGENZIEN UND VERFAHREN FÜR EINE AUTOLIGATIONSKETTENREAKTION Title (fr) RÉACTIFS ET PROCÉDÉS POUR RÉACTION D'AUTO-ASSEMBLAGE EN CHAÎNE Publication EP 2798086 A4 20151028 (EN) Application EP 12862641 A 20121228 Priority • US 201161580988 P 20111228 • US 2012072192 W 20121228 Abstract (en) [origin: WO2013102150A1] The invention relates to the amplification of specific target nucleic acids. The invention provides methods, reagents, and kits for carrying out such amplification via the autoligation chain reaction (ACR). In some embodiments, the invention provides a method for linearly amplifying a specific target nucleic acid sequence. In some embodiments, the invention provides a method for exponentially amplifying a specific target nucleic acid sequence. The method according to this aspect of the invention comprises contacting the target nucleic acid sequence with a first forward primer nucleic acid, a second forward primer nucleic acid, a first reverse primer nucleic acid and a second reverse primer nucleic acid under conditions wherein the primer nucleic acids specifically anneal with the target nucleic acid sequence. One forward primer nucleic acid has a first bond-forming reactive moiety and the other forward primer nucleic acid has a second bond-forming reactive moiety. Inventor MANCEBO RICARDO (US) Applicant MANCEBO RICARDO (US) IPC 8 full level (invention and additional information) C12Q 1/68 (2006.01) CPC (invention and additional information) C12Q 1/6853 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6862 (2013.01) Combination set (CPC) C12Q 1/6862 + C12Q 2523/109 Citation (search report) • [XI] WIEDMANN M ET AL: "LIGASE CHAIN REACTION (LCR) - OVERVIEW AND APPLICATIONS", PCR METHODS & APPLICATIONS, COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY PRESS, US, vol. 4, no. 4, 1 January 1994 (1994-01-01), pages 551 564, XP002915011, ISSN: 1054-9803 • [I] HIROSHI ABE ET AL: "Rapid DNA Chemical Ligation for Amplification of RNA and DNA Signal", BIOCONJUGATE CHEMISTRY, vol. 19, no. 1, 1 January 2008 (2008-01-01), pages 327 - 333, XP055164981, ISSN: 1043-1802, DOI: 10.1021/bc700244s • [X] SOONG R ET AL: "Quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction detection of cytokeratin 20 in noncolorectal Lymph nodes", CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH, THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH, US, vol. 7, 1 November 2001 (2001-11-01), pages 3423 - 3429, XP002966637, ISSN: 1078-0432 • [A] XU Y ET AL: "Nonenzymatic autoligation in direct three-color detection of RNA and DNA point mutations", NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY, NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, US, vol. 19, 1 February 2001 (2001-02-01), pages 148 - 152, XP002961121, ISSN: 1087-0156, DOI: 10.1038/84414 • [A] SHINSUKE SANDO ET AL: "Quenched Auto-Ligating DNAs: Multicolor Identification of Nucleic Acids at Single Nucleotide Resolution", JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, vol. 126, no. 4, 1 February 2004 (2004-02-01), pages 1081 1087, XP055214551, ISSN: 0002-7863, DOI: 10.1021/ja038665z • See also references of WO 2013102150A1 Designated contracting state (EPC) AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR EPO simple patent family WO 2013102150 A1 20130704; WO 2013102150 A8 20140724; CA 2896713 A1 20130704; EP 2798086 A1 20141105; EP 2798086 A4 20151028; US 2015017650 A1 20150115 INPADOC legal status 2015-10-28 [RA4] DATE AND KIND OF SUPPLEMENTARY SEARCH REPORT (CORRECTION) - Effective date : 20150928 2015-10-28 [RIC1] CLASSIFICATION (CORRECTION) - IPC : C12Q 1/68 20060101AFI20150922BHEP 2015-04-08 [DAX] REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF THE EUROPEAN PATENT (TO ANY COUNTRY) DELETED 2014-11-05 [17P] REQUEST FOR EXAMINATION FILED - Effective date : 20140708 2014-11-05 [AK] DESIGNATED CONTRACTING STATES: - Kind Code of Ref Document : A1 - Designated State(s) : AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR