L i n k s
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Thermostable
DNA Polymerases
Describes the sources and properties of Taq, Pfu and Vent
polymerases.
Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering.
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Life
at High Temperatures
Details the discovery and the characteristics of
Thermus aquaticus and Taq polymerase.
Thomas D.
Brock
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Bacteriology.
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Methods and reagents: Fidelity of DNA
polymerases for PCR
Discusses
the fidelity of polymerases used for amplification of DNA by the
polymerase chain reaction.
Paul N. Hengen, National Cancer Institute
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PCR fidelity of Pfu DNA polymerase and other thermostable DNA
polymerases
This paper
compares the error rate of Pfu
with an expanded number of PCR polymerases, including exo– Pfu,
Deep Vent, Vent, UlTma and Taq.
File Format: PDF/ Adobe Acrobat
Janice Cline
et al. (1996),
Nucleic Acids Res.
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Error
Rates for Thermal Resistant DNA Polymerases
A list of
reported
error rates from
different Thermal DNA Polymerases (Taq,
KlenTaq, Vent,
Deep Vent, Pfu and Replinase)
Originally compiled by Eric First and later posted to the
bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts newsgroup by Paul Hengen