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 enzyme offers, fewer contamination issues and fast activation time. In fact, under standard hot start conditions it can be activated and the enzyme recovers both 5’-3’ polymerase and ...

Hoffmann-La Roche's patent for naturally occurring Taq DNA polymerase —obtained from the bacterium Thermus aquaticus, which lives in hot springs — is invalid because it is not a novel ...

One such enzyme is Taq polymerase (Taq), which takes its name from Thermos aquaticus, the microorganism it was first discovered in. Taq is a key enzyme in DNA replication and is regularly used in PCR, ...

Proofreading enzymes are generally more finicky than Taq or enzyme blends. To address this problem, Invitrogen's AccuPrime Pfx DNA polymerase is a P. kodakaraensis polymerase in a mix containing ...

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 agreement with Roche includes, but is not limited to, additional enzyme patent rights further PCR improvement patent rights and pathogen specific patent rights. In addition, QIAGEN obtained a ...

BASEL, Switzerland, October 27 /PRNewswire/ -- - R1626 Demonstrates Greatest Hepatitis C Viral Load Reduction of all Polymerase Inhibitors Roche's new investigational drug for hepatitis ...

Product. Description. GoTaq ® MDx Hot Start Polymerase (Cat# D6001) Standard product formulation. Enzyme concentration ≥ 5u/ml. Actual unit activity reported on product’s certificate of analysis.