PCR inhibition in qPCR, dPCR and MPS—mechanisms and solutions

M Sidstedt, P Rådström, J Hedman - Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry, 2020 - Springer
DNA analysis has seen an incredible development in terms of instrumentation, assays and
applications over the last years. Massively parallel sequencing (MPS) and digital PCR are …

DNA polymerases as useful reagents for biotechnology–the history of developmental research in the field

S Ishino, Y Ishino - Frontiers in microbiology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
DNA polymerase is a ubiquitous enzyme that synthesizes complementary DNA strands
according to the template DNA in living cells. Multiple enzymes have been identified from …

A novel strategy to engineer DNA polymerases for enhanced processivity and improved performance in vitro

Y Wang, DE Prosen, L Mei, JC Sullivan… - Nucleic acids …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Mechanisms that allow replicative DNA polymerases to attain high processivity are often
specific to a given polymerase and cannot be generalized to others. Here we report a …

Biotechnology of extremely thermophilic archaea

CT Straub, JA Counts, DMN Nguyen… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Although the extremely thermophilic archaea (Topt≥ 70° C) may be the most primitive
extant forms of life, they have been studied to a limited extent relative to mesophilic …

Engineering polymerases for applications in synthetic biology

A Nikoomanzar, N Chim, EJ Yik… - Quarterly reviews of …, 2020 - cambridge.org
DNA polymerases play a central role in biology by transferring genetic information from one
generation to the next during cell division. Harnessing the power of these enzymes in the …

An Oomycete CRN Effector Reprograms Expression of Plant HSP Genes by Targeting their Promoters

T Song, Z Ma, D Shen, Q Li, W Li, L Su, T Ye… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Oomycete pathogens produce a large number of CRN effectors to manipulate plant immune
responses and promote infection. However, their functional mechanisms are largely …

Recent developments in the optimization of thermostable DNA polymerases for efficient applications

AR Pavlov, NV Pavlova, SA Kozyavkin… - Trends in …, 2004 - cell.com
Thermostable DNA polymerases have a crucial role in current methods of DNA amplification
and sequencing. Major improvements in these methods have been made in recent years …

Improving sequencing quality from PCR products containing long mononucleotide repeats

AJ Fazekas, R Steeves, SG Newmaster - Biotechniques, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Stutter products are a common artifact in the PCR amplification of frequently used genetic
markers that contain mononucleotide simple sequence repeats. Despite the importance of …

Shark cartilage, cancer and the growing threat of pseudoscience

GK Ostrander, KC Cheng, JC Wolf, MJ Wolfe - Cancer research, 2004 - AACR
The promotion of crude shark cartilage extracts as a cure for cancer has contributed to at
least two significant negative outcomes: a dramatic decline in shark populations and a …

A Novel Branching Enzyme of the GH-57 Family in the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Thermococcus kodakaraensis KOD1

T Murakami, T Kanai, H Takata, T Kuriki… - Journal of …, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
Branching enzyme (BE) catalyzes formation of the branch points in glycogen and
amylopectin by cleavage of the α-1, 4 linkage and its subsequent transfer to the α-1, 6 …