Empirical Bioscience, (formerly known as Syzygy Biotech™), a company that produces high-grade PCR reagents and enzymes, announced today that it has introduced FlashTaq Hot-Start Taq DNA Polymerase, a ...

As the engine that fuels the polymerase chain reaction (PCR)&#8212one of the most important inventions in molecular biology&#8212Taq DNA polymerase has transformed how life science research is ...

The molecule the UCI-led team studied is an enzyme called Taq, a name derived from the microorganism it was first discovered in, Thermos aquaticus. The molecule the UCI-led team studied is an enzyme ...

Taq polymerase is the heat-stable (thermostable) DNA polymerase extracted from the thermophilic bacteria Thermus aquaticus.

Researchers find that the DNA polymerase Taq is not as accurate as was once thought, giving new insight into the dynamics of DNA replication.

Enzymes are crucial for speeding up slow chemical reactions. Anyone who has worked in a genetics lab is familiar with a common enzyme called Taq polymerase, because it's a reliable workhorse that can ...

The bacterium is known for creating a protein called Taq polymerase—a heat-resistant enzyme that's active at unusually high temperatures: 70° to 80°C.

AT ISSUE: Promega Corp.'s sale of Taq polymerase for PCR has riled Hoffmann-La Roche. It's David vs. Goliath in a battle of biblical proportions over the patents for a crucial enzyme in molecular ...

The polymerase handles heat, and therefore the PCR's thermocycling, well. Science named Taq polymerase the 1989 molecule of the year. Fidelity and infidelity are part of the PCR world.

Taq replicates DNA. Polymerase chain reaction, the technique with thousands of uses from forensics to PCR tests to detect COVID-19, takes advantage of Taq.

Reference: Turvey Mackenzie W., Gabriel Kristin N., Lee Wonbae, et al. Single-molecule Taq DNA polymerase dynamics. Sci Adv. 8 (10):eabl3522. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abl3522. This article has been ...