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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...