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Mutants of Taq DNA polymerase resistant to PCR inhibitors allow DNA amplification from whole blood and crude soil samples.
Nucleic acids research - 1 Apr 2009
Kermekchiev Milko B, Kirilova Lyubka I, Vail Erika E, Barnes Wayne M
Abstract excerpt
Potent PCR inhibitors in blood and soil samples can cause false negative results from PCR-based clinical and forensic tests. We show that the effect of these inhibitors is primarily upon Taq DNA polymerase, since mutational alteration of the polymerase can overcome the inhibition to the extent th...
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