| abstract |
An amplification procedure is performed on a first sample in which one or more of the four normal ribonucleoside triphosphates(rNTPs) or deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates (dNTPs) is replaced with an exo-sample nucleotide that is not present in nucleic acid to be amplified. After amplification, any contaminating amplified product that may be remaining is subjected to a physical, chemical, enzymatic, or biological treatment which renders nucleic acid containing the exo-sample nucleotide substantially unamplifiable. The treatment may be done as a separate step or it may be done in the presence of a second sample containing nucleic acid sequences to be amplified. The amplified nucleic acid sequences derived from the first sample which contaminate the second sample are not further substantially amplified during amplification of nucleic acid sequences of the second sample. |