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What is PCR

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Given an example of the source of thermostable enzyme DNA polymerase.

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Taq polymerase is an enzyme obtained from Thermus aquaticus which is a bacterium that normally lives in hot water springs. It is used in amplifying small quantity of short segments of DNA by polymerase chain reaction.

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Q. In addition to Taq polymerase enzyme which other thermostable DNA polymerases have been isolated to be used in polymerase chain Reaction (PCR)?

Q. Rearrange the following in the current sequences to accomplish an important biotechnological reaction.
(a) In vitro synthesis of copies of DNA of interest
(b) Chemically synthesized oligonucleotides
(c) Enzyme DNA-polymerase
(d) Complementary region of DNA
(e) Genomic DNA template
(f) Nucleotides provided
(g) Primers
(h) Thermostable DNA-polymerase (from Thermus aquaticus)
(i) Denaturation of ds-DNA

Q. Rearrange the following in the correct sequence to accomplish an important biotechnological reaction: [3]
(a) In vitro synthesis of copies of DNA of interest
(b) Chemically synthesized oligonucleotides
(c) Enzyme DNA-polymerase
(d) Complementary region of DNA
(e) Genomic DNA template
(f) Nucleotides provided
(g) Primers
(h) Thermostable DNA-polymerase (from Thermus aquaticus)
(i) Denaturation of ds-DNA

Rearrange the following in the correct sequence to accomplish an important biological reaction:

Q. Name the bacterium that yields a thermostable DNA polymerase.

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