PCR performance of the highly thermostable proof-reading B-type DNA polymerase from Pyrococcus abyssi

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 89-94

  Dietrich, Jacques ^a   Schmitt, Philippe ^b   Zieger, Montserrat ^b   Preve, Brigitte ^b   Rolland, Jean Luc ^a   Chaabihi, Hassan ^b   Gueguen, Yannick ^a,c  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b Qbiogene   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Archaea; DNA polymerase; Polymerase chain reaction; Pyrococcus abyssi

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM SULFATE; BUFFER; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE BETA; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; NUCLEOTIDE; PARATHION; PHENFORMIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; TAQ POLYMERASE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STABILITY; ERROR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HALF LIFE TIME; HEAT TREATMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYROCOCCUS ABYSSI; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOSTABILITY;

DNA POLYMERASE I; ENZYME STABILITY; EXONUCLEASES; IONS; KINETICS; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PYROCOCCUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

ARCHAEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PYROCOCCUS; PYROCOCCUS ABYSSI;

EID: 0037137278     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(02)01037-6     Document Type: Article

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