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A diagram illustrating the method of nested PCR. Nested polymerase chain reaction (nested PCR) is a modification of polymerase chain reaction intended to reduce non-specific binding in products due to the amplification of unexpected primer binding sites. [1]
Similarly, thermal asymmetric interlaced PCR (or TAIL-PCR) is used to isolate unknown sequences flanking a known area of the genome. Within the known sequence, TAIL-PCR uses a nested pair of primers with differing annealing temperatures. A 'degenerate' primer is used to amplify in the other direction from the unknown sequence. [27]
A strip of eight PCR tubes, each containing a 100 μL reaction mixture Placing a strip of eight PCR tubes into a thermal cycler. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a method widely used to make millions to billions of copies of a specific DNA sample rapidly, allowing scientists to amplify a very small sample of DNA (or a part of it) sufficiently to enable detailed study.
Computer simulations of theoretical PCR results (Electronic PCR) may be performed to assist in primer design. [14] Touchdown polymerase chain reaction or touchdown style polymerase chain reaction is a method of polymerase chain reaction by which primers will avoid amplifying nonspecific sequences.
Fast COLD-PCR produces much faster results due to the shortened protocol, while Full COLD-PCR is essential for amplification of all possible mutations in the starting mixture of DNA. Two-round COLD-PCR is a modified version of Fast COLD-PCR. During the second round of Fast COLD-PCR nested primers are used.
Second, the formerly obtained PCR products are combined together into the overlap extension PCR reaction, where the complementary overhangs bind pair-wise allowing the polymerase to extend the DNA strand. Eventually, outer primers targeting the external overhangs are used and the desired DNA product is amplified in the final PCR reaction.
Multiplex-PCR was first described in 1988 as a method to detect deletions in the dystrophin gene. [1] It has also been used with the steroid sulfatase gene. [2] In 2008, multiplex-PCR was used for analysis of microsatellites and SNPs. [3]
A real-time polymerase chain reaction (real-time PCR, or qPCR when used quantitatively) is a laboratory technique of molecular biology based on the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). It monitors the amplification of a targeted DNA molecule during the PCR (i.e., in real time), not at its end, as in conventional PCR. Real-time PCR can be used ...