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PCR amplification of up to 35-kb DNA with high fidelity and high yield from lambda bacteriophage templates.

Barnes WM

Abstract

A target length limitation to PCR amplification of DNA has been identified and addressed. Concomitantly, the base-pair fidelity, the ability to use PCR products as primers, and the maximum yield of target fragment were increased. These improvements were achieved by the combination of a high level of an exonuclease-free, N-terminal deletion mutant of Taq DNA polymerase, Klentaq1, with a very low level of a thermostable DNA polymerase exhibiting a 3'-exonuclease activity (Pfu, Vent, or Deep Vent). At least 35 kb can be amplified to high yields from 1 ng of lambda DNA template.

MeSH Terms
Bacteriophage lambda/genetics Base Composition Base Sequence DNA Primers DNA, Viral/analysis,chemistry Exonucleases/metabolism Hydrogen-Ion Concentration Molecular Sequence Data Mutation Particle Size Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods Templates, Genetic
Chemicals
DNA Primers DNA, Viral Exonucleases
Authors & Affiliations
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Barnes W M
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics 8231, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110.
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Article Info
Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Abbr.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
ISSN
0027-8424
Published
1994-03-15
Pages
2216-20
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7505876
PMCID
PMC43341
Subset
IM
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