Various uses and techniques of polymerase chain reaction in the laboratory
The versatility of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has led to modifications of the basic protocol being used in a large number of variant techniques designed for various purposes. This article summarizes many of the most common variations currently or formerly used in molecular biology laboratories; familiarity with the fundamental premise by which PCR works and corresponding terms and concepts is necessary for understanding these variant techniques.
The versatility of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has led to modifications of the basic protocol being used in a large number ofvariant techniques designed...
The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a method widely used to make millions to billions of copies of a specific DNA sample rapidly, allowing scientists...
reaction (or OE-PCR) is a variantofPCR. It is also referred to as Splicing by overlap extension / Splicing by overhang extension (SOE) PCR. It is used assemble...
between RT-PCR and qPCR has led to metonymic use of the term qPCR to mean RT-PCR. Such use may be confusing, as RT-PCR can be used without qPCR, for example...
Digital polymerase chain reaction (digital PCR, DigitalPCR, dPCR, or dePCR) is a biotechnological refinement of conventional polymerase chain reaction methods...
Vectorette PCR was first noted and described in an article in 1990 by John H. Riley and his team. Since then, multiple variantsofPCR have been created...
that amplify the variantof interest more efficiently than wildtype sequence. PCR is currently the most widely used method for detection of DNA sequences...
(Inverse PCR) is a variantof the polymerase chain reaction that is used to amplify DNA with only one known sequence. One limitation of conventional PCR is...
Hot start PCR is a modified form of conventional polymerase chain reaction (PCR) that reduces the presence of undesired products and primer dimers due...
of a cDNA copy of the RNA sequence of interest, produced through reverse transcription, followed by PCR amplification of the cDNA copies (see RT-PCR)...
g. by error-prone PCR or sequence saturation mutagenesis, is applied to a protein, and a selection regime is used to select variants having desired traits...
Reverse complement polymerase chain reaction (RC-PCR) is a modification of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). It is primarily used to generate amplicon libraries...
used in the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), a method for greatly amplifying the quantity of short segments of DNA. T. aquaticus is a bacterium that lives...
"amplicon reads," are created following the removal of erroneous sequences generated during PCR and sequencing, using ASVs makes it possible to distinguish...
sequencing is in the detection of DNA/RNA copy numbers by estimating the relative frequency ofvariants. A method for counting PCR template molecules with application...
spotted microarrays, the probes are oligonucleotides, cDNA or small fragments ofPCR products that correspond to mRNAs. The probes are synthesized prior to deposition...
polymerase is combined with selective PCR amplification to produce many copies of mutant DNA. RT-PCR differs from conventional PCR as it synthesizes cDNA from mRNA...
genetic variants and in ensuring the accuracy of the quantification. dHRM is enabled by the use of sensitive DNA-binding dyes and digital PCR instrumentation...
However, the operational range of structural variants has widened to include events > 50bp. Some structural variants are associated with genetic diseases...