| Literature DB >> 15131208 |
Tamara Newsome1, Bing-Jie Li, Nianxiang Zou, Shyh-Ching Lo.
Abstract
Many studies have reported the presence of bacterial DNA contamination in commercial Taq DNA polymerase reagents. This is the first report of the presence of phage-like DNA sequences in certain commercial Taq DNA polymerase reagents. Precautions are needed when using amplification reagents with exogenous DNAs.Mesh:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15131208 PMCID: PMC404674 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.5.2264-2267.2004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948