Application of N-terminally truncated DNA polymerase from Thermus thermophilus (ΔTth polymerase) to DNA sequencing and polymerase chain reactions: Comparative study of ΔTth and wild-type Tth polymerases

DNA Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 87-92

  Arakawa, Taku ^a   Jongsareejit, Boonsri ^b,c   Tatsumi, Yusaku ^b   Tanaka, Keiko ^a   Ikeda, Katsunori ^a   Komatsubara, Hideyuki ^a   Inoue, Hiroaki ^a   Kawakami, Bunsei ^a   Oka, Masanori ^a   Emi, Shigenori ^a   Yomo, Tetsuya ^b   Shima, Yasufumi ^b   Negoro, Seiji ^b   Urabe, Itaru ^b  

^a TOYOBO CO LTD   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SILPAKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Polymerase chain reaction; Thermostable DNA polymerase; Thermus thermophilus

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; DNA POLYMERASE, THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

AUTOMATION; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0030606499     PISSN: 13402838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/3.2.87     Document Type: Article

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