US Patent 7105319 Oligonucleotides for detecting tubercle bacillus and method therefor

An oligonucleotide, capable of specific cleavage and amplification of a pab gene which codes for pab, an antigenic protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, or an RNA derived therefrom, as well as being useful in high sensitive detection and identification thereof, is provided. Further, a combination of oligonucleotides, useful in specific amplification, high sensitive detection and identification of an RNA derived from Mycobacterium tuberculosis pab gene as well as a process for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis by using said combination, are provided.