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2847780

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
16
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-1-9
pubmed:abstractText
We have determined the fidelity of in vitro DNA synthesis catalyzed at high temperature by the DNA polymerase from the thermophilic bacterium Thermus aquaticus. Using a DNA substrate that contains a 3'-OH terminal mismatch, we demonstrate that the purified polymerase lacks detectable exonucleolytic proofreading activity. The fidelity of the Taq polymerase was measured by two assays which score errors produced during in vitro DNA synthesis of the lacZ alpha complementation gene in M13mp2 DNA. In both assays, the Taq polymerase produces single-base substitution errors at a rate of 1 for each 9000 nucleotides polymerized. Frameshift errors are also produced, at a frequency of 1/41,000. These results are discussed in relation to the effects of high temperature on fidelity and the use of the Taq DNA polymerase as a reagent for the in vitro amplification of DNA by the polymerase chain reaction.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0006-2960
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
9
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
6008-13
pubmed:dateRevised
2000-12-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Fidelity of DNA synthesis by the Thermus aquaticus DNA polymerase.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article