Polymerase Chain Reaction Overview and Applications
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Blog Post
... addition to Taq DNA polymerase, PCR requires free nucleotides (dNTPs), template DNA to amplify from and...unique single stranded DNA primers that bind upstream (5’) and downstream (3’) of the DNA region of interest...crucial for this process as DNA polymerases require an existing strand of DNA to add nucleotides to.
Using...reaction:
Denaturation- To amplify DNA, the two strands of the template DNA first have to be separated. This...primers can anneal to the single stranded DNA template strands. DNA polymerase is also stable at this temperature...specific target of DNA. This amplicon can be used in molecular cloning to create a plasmid of interest, for... of amplified DNA of a known starting concentration. The cycle in which the unknown DNA is detected compared...