Oligonucleotide Inhibitors ofTaqDNA Polymerase Facilitate Detection of Low Copy Number Targets by PCR
1996
Abstract A random sequence library of single stranded DNA was screened to isolate sequences with high affinity for Thermus aquaticus DNA polymerase ( Taq pol), a thermostable enzyme commonly used in the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Selected oligonucleotide sequences bound Taq pol with dissociation constants in the low picomolar range, and efficiently inhibited polymerase activity at room temperature (20 to 25°C), but did not inhibit at temperatures above 40°C. Moreover, inhibition was thermally reversible. A process called “hot start” PCR is commonly used to prevent non-specific PCR products in amplification of low copy number targets. We show that the addition of oligonucleotide inhibitors eliminated the need for “hot start” conditions and improved the efficiency of detection of a low copy number target in PCR.
Keywords:
- Multiple displacement amplification
- Polymerase chain reaction optimization
- Inverse polymerase chain reaction
- Polymerase
- Primer dimer
- Hot start PCR
- Multiplex polymerase chain reaction
- Real-time polymerase chain reaction
- Molecular biology
- Biology
- Genetics
- Biochemistry
- Touchdown polymerase chain reaction
- Low copy number
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