"Taq Polymerase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A heat stable DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE from the bacteria Thermus aquaticus. It is widely used for the amplification of genes through the process of POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION. EC 2.7.7.-.
| Descriptor ID |
D019914
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.913.696.445.308.300.875
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| Concept/Terms |
Taq Polymerase- Taq Polymerase
- Polymerase, Taq
- Taq1 Polymerase
- Polymerase, Taq1
- Thermus aquaticus Polymerase
- Polymerase, Thermus aquaticus
- aquaticus Polymerase, Thermus
- Taq DNA Polymerase
- DNA Polymerase, Taq
- Polymerase, Taq DNA
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A strategy for producing single-stranded DNA in the polymerase chain reaction. A direct method for genomic sequencing. Gene Anal Tech. 1989 Jul-Aug; 6(4):84-8.