Consensus-degenerate hybrid oligonucleotide primers for amplification of distantly related sequences
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Consensus-degenerate hybrid oligonucleotide primers for amplification of distantly related sequences.
We describe a new primer design strategy for PCR amplification of unknown targets that are related to multiply-aligned protein sequences. Each primer consists of a short 3' degenerate core region and a longer 5' consensus clamp region. Only 3-4 highly conserved amino acid residues are necessary for design of the core, which is stabilized by the clamp during annealing to template molecules. Duri...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nucleic Acids Research
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0305-1048,1362-4962
DOI: 10.1093/nar/26.7.1628